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FZNT25 KNHC 090856
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
456 AM EDT WED MAY 9 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 MOVING INTO THE NW GULF WILL LIE
FROM SARASOTA TO 26N87W THU MORNING BEFORE PASSING SE OF THE
AREA. AN INVERTED TROUGH WILL PASS OFF THE TEXAS COAST FRI WITH
WEAK LOW PRES DEVELOPING ON ITS N END NEAR 28N96W SAT MORNING
THAT WILL TRACK NE TO THE S CENTRAL LOUISIANNA COAST SUN
EVENING.  

.TODAY...S WINDS LESS THAN 5 KT...BECOMING SW IN THE AFTERNOON.
SEAS 1 FT OR LESS. SCATTERED SHOWERS. 
.TONIGHT...W TO NW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 
.THU...W TO NW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS. 
.THU NIGHT...N TO NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.FRI...NE TO E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. 
.SAT...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.SUN...E TO SE 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 1014 MB LOW AT 
29N70W THROUGH 27N72W TO 28N77W WILL LIFT N AS A WARM FRONT AS 
THE LOW DISSIPATES THROUGH TONIGHT. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE OFF 
THE NE FLORIDA COAST WED NIGHT AND REACH FROM NEAR 31N72W TO S 
FLORIDA THU EVENING BEFORE STALLING FROM 28N65W TO THE CENTRAL 
BAHAMAS SAT EVENING AS A CARIBBEAN TROUGH MERGES WITH IT. THE 
REMAINING TROUGH WILL LIE ALONG 72W S OF 27W SUN EVENING.   

.TODAY...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS.
.TONIGHT...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...N TO NW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 
.FRI...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.SAT...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SUN...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.