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FZNT25 KNHC 272044
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
444 PM EDT FRI APR 27 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...AN E TO W RIDGE EXTENDING ALONG 27N WILL LIFT N TO
ACROSS THE NORTHERN COASTAL PLAINS ON SAT THEN SHIFT N OF AREA
ON SUN. A BROAD TROUGH WILL MOVE W INTO THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA
SUN...CONTINUE W TO THE S CENTRAL GULF ON TUE...BEFORE WEAKENING
OVER THE NW GULF WED. 

.TONIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 
.SAT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND TSTMS. 
.SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 
.SUN...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS. 
.SUN NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING NE TO E 15 TO 20 KT
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS. 
.MON...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.TUE...E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.WED...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...A RIDGE EXTENDING FROM NEAR BERMUDA TO CENTRAL
FLORIDA WILL SHIFT N TO ALONG 31N ON SAT...THEN WEAKEN AND SHIFT
EASTWARD SUN AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT THAT WILL PASS THROUGH
BERMUDA ON MON...AND STALL ALONG 30N E OF 75W ON TUE. A BROAD
TROUGH ORIENTED S OF 25N ALONG 65W WILL SLIP W THROUGH THE
SOUTHERN BAHAMAS AND TURKS/CAICOS SAT...THEN AMPLIFY OVER THE NW
BAHAMAS ON SUN AND DRIFT W THROUGH THE FLORIDA STRAITS THROUGH
MON NIGHT.  

.TONIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS. 
.SAT...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS. 
.SAT NIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
SCATTERED SHOWERS. 
.SUN...E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS. 
.SUN NIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.
SCATTERED SHOWERS. 
.MON...E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.TUE...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.WED...E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT.