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FZNT25 KNHC 172116
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
516 PM EDT TUE APR 17 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...COLD FRONT FROM SE LOUISIANA TO NEAR TAMPICO MEXICO
WILL SLOWLY WEAKEN AND BECOME STATIONARY AS IT REACHES FROM THE
FAR WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE TO THE EASTERN BAY OF CAMPECHE
WED. WEAK LOW PRES WILL FORM ALONG THE FRONT AND TRACK NE
THROUGH WED NIGHT PULLING THE WEAKENING FRONTAL TROUGH SOME TO
THE E BEFORE DISSIPATING OVER NE WATERS THU. ATLC HIGH PRES WILL
EXTEND W INTO GULF LATE THU THROUGH LATE FRI. A STRONG COLD
FRONT IS FORECAST TO ENTER THE NW WATERS SAT FOLLOWED BY STRONG
OFFSHORE FLOW. 

.TONIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS. 
.WED...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING SE TO S 5 TO 10 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS. 
.WED NIGHT...SE TO S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS. 
.THU...S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS. 
.THU NIGHT...NW WINDS LESS THAN 5 KT...BECOMING SE TO S AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS. 
.FRI...SE TO S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. 
.SAT...S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SUN...SW TO W WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. 

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...HIGH PRES OF 1024 MB AT 30N75W WITH RIDGE SE TO 
24N65W WILL REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY THROUGH THU AS A WEAK 
FRONT MOVES INTO THE FAR NW PORTION. THE FRONT WILL THEN LIFT 
BACK N AS A WARM FRONT LATE THU INTO LATE FRI AS STRONGER RIDGE 
BUILDS FROM NEAR BERMUDA TO CENTRAL FLORIDA FRI AND SAT. A 
FRONTAL TROUGH WILL SWEEP S ACROSS THE FAR NE WATERS THROUGH 
EARLY TONIGHT.   

.TONIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.WED...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.WED NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.THU...SE TO S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS. 
.THU NIGHT...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING SE TO S 10 TO 15 KT
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 
.FRI...SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SAT...SE TO S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SUN...S WINDS 25 TO 30 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT.