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FZNT25 KNHC 010818
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
418 AM EDT TUE MAY 1 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 EXTENDS FROM N FLORIDA TO NE MEXICO. AN
INVERTED TROUGH OVER THE SE GULF WATERS WILL MOVE NW AND
GRADUALLY LOSE IDENTITY OVER THE NW WATERS WED AND WED NIGHT.
WEAK HIGH PRES WILL BUILD OVER THE NE GULF THU THROUGH SAT. 

.TODAY...E TO SE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...DIMINISHING TO 15 TO 20 KT
IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS. 
.TONIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS. 
.WED...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 
.WED NIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 
.THU...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.FRI...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.SAT...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...A WEAK COLD FRONT OVER THE NE WATERS WILL MOVE E OF
AREA TODAY. AN E TO W RIDGE WILL REBUILD ALONG 31N IN THE WAKE
OF THE FRONT...BEFORE WEAKENING AHEAD OF ANOTHER WEAK COLD FRONT
THAT WILL PASS THROUGH BERMUDA THU AND MOVE E OF THE AREA FRI.
WEAK HIGH PRES WILL BUILD BETWEEN N FLORIDA AND BERMUDA BEHIND
THE SECOND FRONT FRI AND SAT.  

.TODAY...E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS. 
.TONIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS. 
.WED...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS. 
.WED NIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.THU...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.FRI...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.SAT...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.