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FZNT25 KNHC 201445
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1045 AM EDT MON AUG 20 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 TROUGH EXTENDING FROM THE WESTERN FLORIDA
PANHANDLE SW TO WEAK LOW PRES NEAR 23N97W 1012 MB WILL SLOWLY
MOVE E THROUGH TUE AS A WEAK COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE FAR
NORTHERN COASTAL WATERS. THE LOW IS FORECAST TO DRIFT NE THROUGH
TUE NIGHT...THEN TURN W AND MOVE INLAND THE COAST OF NE MEXICO
WED. THE COLD FRONT WILL BECOME STATIONARY THROUGH WED AND
DISSIPATE WED NIGHT AND THU. THE NORTHERN PORTION OF A TROPICAL
WAVE IN THE CARIBBEAN SEA ALONG 83W WILL MOVE ACROSS THE SW GULF
TUE THROUGH THU. 

.THIS AFTERNOON...S TO SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.
ISOLATED SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 
.TONIGHT...S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. ISOLATED SHOWERS
AND TSTMS.
.TUE...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...DIMINISHING TO 5 TO 10 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND TSTMS.
.TUE NIGHT...SE TO S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.WED...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.THU...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.FRI...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...A SERIES OF WEAK TROUGHS WILL MOVE EASTWARD N OF 28N
THROUGH TUE. OTHERWISE A RIDGE OF HIGH PRES ALONG 27N WILL
REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY THROUGH TUE...THEN WILL LIFT NORTHWARD
WED THROUGH FRI AS A TROPICAL WAVE AND AREA OF LOW PRES APPROACH
THE REGION FROM THE SE.   

.THIS AFTERNOON...S OF 27N...SE TO S WINDS LESS THAN 5 KT LATE
IN THE MORNING. WINDS 5 TO 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.
N OF 27N...SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT LATE IN THE MORNING. SEAS 2 TO 3
FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS W PART.
.TONIGHT...S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND TSTMS W PART.
.TUE...S OF 27N...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING SE TO S 10 TO
15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. N OF 27N...S TO SW WINDS
5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS W OF PART
N OF 27N. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND TSTMS S OF 27N.
.TUE NIGHT...SE TO S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.WED...SE TO S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.THU...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.FRI...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.