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FZNT25 KNHC 090241
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1041 PM EDT TUE MAY 8 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 WEAK COLD FRONT EXTENDING FROM CENTRAL LOUISIANA
SW TO 28N94W TO JUST N OF BROWNSVILLE TEXAS IS SLOWLY MOVING E.
THE FRONT WILL BEGIN TO ACCELERATE ON WED...AND REACH THE FAR
EASTERN GULF BY WED EVENING. THE FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS N AND
CENTRAL FLORIDA LATE WED NIGHT AND THU. AN UPPER LEVEL
DISTURBANCE IS FORECAST TO MOVE INTO THE FAR WESTERN GULF
FRI...AND PRODUCE A SURFACE TROUGH ALONG THE TEXAS COAST FRI.
THE TROUGH WILL MOVE SLOWLY E TO THE MIDDLE GULF THROUGH SUN. 

.OVERNIGHT...S WINDS LESS THAN 5 KT. SEAS 0 TO 1 FT. ISOLATED SHOWERS
S OF 27N.
.WED...S WINDS LESS THAN 5 KT...BECOMING SW IN THE AFTERNOON.
SEAS 1 FT OR LESS. ISOLATED SHOWERS S OF 27N..
.WED NIGHT...W TO NW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT.
.THU...SW TO W WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING N TO NW IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. ISOLATED SHOWERS.
.THU NIGHT...N TO NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. 
.FRI...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. 
.SAT...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.SUN...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...A STATIONARY FRONT EXTENDING FROM A 1013 MB LOW AT
28N71W NW TO NE FLORIDA WILL LIFT N AS A WARM FRONT WHILE THE
LOW SLOWLY MOVES N AND DISSIPATES THROUGH WED NIGHT. A COLD
FRONT WILL MOVE OFF THE NE FLORIDA COAST WED NIGHT...AND REACH
FROM NEAR 31N74W TO 24N81W BY EARLY THU EVENING...FROM 31N68W TO
THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA FRI EVENING...THEN WEAKEN TO A TROUGH
FROM NEAR 29N65W TO THE CENTRAL BAHAMAS LATE SAT AS IT BEGINS TO
MOVE WESTWARD THROUGH SUN.  

.OVERNIGHT...SE TO S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 
.WED...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS.
.WED NIGHT...S TO SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 
.THU...SW TO W WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 
.THU NIGHT...NW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 
.FRI...N TO NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.SAT...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SUN...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.