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FZNT25 KNHC 051509
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1109 AM EDT THU APR 5 2012

...PLEASE REFER TO COASTAL WATERS FORECASTS (CWF) AVAILABLE
THROUGH NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER MEANS FOR DETAILED
COASTAL WATERS FORECASTS...

SOUTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO

.SYNOPSIS...A RIDGE OVER THE FAR SE PORTION WILL SHIFT S THROUGH
TONIGHT AS A WEAK COLD FRONT OVER EASTERN TEXAS MOVES ACROSS THE
GULF THROUGH TONIGHT. THE FRONT WILL REACH FROM APALACHEE BAY TO
THE SE PART OF THE NW GULF BY LATE TONIGHT...FROM FORT MYERS
FLORIDA TO NEAR 25N95W EARLY FRI...THEN MOVE SE OF THE GULF
EARLY FRI NIGHT. HIGH PRES WILL REBUILD ACROSS THE AREA FROM THE
N BEHIND THE FRONT THROUGH SUN...THEN WEAKEN LATE SUN INTO MON
AS ANOTHER COLD FRONT PUSHES S INTO THE NORTHERN WATERS. 

.THIS AFTERNOON...SW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 
.TONIGHT...SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 
.FRI...SW TO W WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING W TO NW 10 TO 15 KT
IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 
.FRI NIGHT...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS. 
.SAT...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SUN...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.MON...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...WEAK HIGH PRES CENTERED OVER THE W CENTRAL ATLC WILL
MOVE E THROUGH THE NEXT 24 HOURS. WINDS WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE
N WATERS TODAY. A LOW PRES SYSTEM AND TRAILING COLD FRONT WILL
MOVE SE INTO THE N PORTION FRI. THE FRONT WILL REACH FROM NEAR
BERMUDA TO THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA EARLY SAT...AND MOVE ACROSS
THE SE WATERS EARLY SUN SHIFTING SE OF THE AREA BY LATE SUN.   

.THIS AFTERNOON...S TO SW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...DIMINISHING TO
10 TO 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND TSTMS. 
.TONIGHT...S TO SW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT...SUBSIDING TO 2 TO 3 FT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 
.FRI...SW TO W WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 
.FRI NIGHT...NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...BECOMING N TO NW 15 TO 20 KT
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 
.SAT...N TO NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT IN N SWELL. 
.SUN...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT IN N SWELL. 
.MON...N TO NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.