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FZNT25 KNHC 211450
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1050 AM EDT SAT JUL 21 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...WESTERN EXTENSION OF ATLC SUBTROPICAL RIDGE ALONG
27-28N WILL CONTINUE AS A NEARLY STATIONARY FEATURE THROUGH SUN.
THE RIDGE DRIFTS TO THE N EARLY NEXT WEEK...HOWEVER THE WEAK
PRES PATTERN WILL PERSIST ACROSS MOST OF THE GULF THROUGH THE
FORECAST PERIOD. 

.THIS AFTERNOON...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.
SCATTERED TSTMS. 
.TONIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED TSTMS.
.SUN AND SUN NIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS.
.MON THROUGH WED...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...HIGH PRES RIDGE ALONG 28N REMAINS NEARLY STATIONARY
THEN DRIFTS N TO ALONG 30N BY MON. THE SOUTHERN PERIPHERY OF THE
RIDGE ALONG WITH A TROPICAL WAVE S OF THE AREA WILL SUPPORT ELY
WINDS TO 20 KT S OF 24-25N THROUGH THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK THEN
DECREASE TO 10-15 KT WED. GENERALLY LIGHT WINDS WILL PREVAIL
ACROSS REMAINDER OF THE AREA AS THE RIDGE REMAINS IN PLACE.   

.THIS AFTERNOON...S OF 27N...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...INCREASING
TO 15 TO 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. N OF 27N...SE WINDS 5 TO
10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.TONIGHT...S OF 27N...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. N OF 27N...SE WINDS
5 TO 10 KT...INCREASING TO 10 TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 TO
5 FT. SCATTERED TSTMS. 
.SUN AND SUN NIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT S OF 27N...AND SE
10 TO 15 KT N OF 27N. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
TSTMS. 
.MON THROUGH WED...SE TO S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.