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FZNT25 KNHC 080931
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
531 AM EDT SAT SEP 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...1008 MB LOW PRES OVER THE N CENTRAL GULF NEAR 29N88W
WITH TROUGH AXIS EXTENDING SW INTO CENTRAL GULF HAS BEGUN TO
DRIFT E THIS MORNING AND WILL WILL SHIFT E TODAY AHEAD OF AN
APPROACHING COLD FRONT...AND MOVE INLAND ACROSS THE FLORIDA BIG
BEND REGION LATE TONIGHT. THE FRONT IS EXPECTED TO ENTER THE NW
GULF EARLY THIS EVENING...REACHING FROM THE FLORIDA BIG BEND
AREA TO THE MOUTH OF THE RIO GRANDE SUN AFTERNOON...AND FROM W
CENTRAL FLORIDA TO TAMPICO MEXICO MON AFTERNOON. MODERATE TO
FRESH NW TO N WINDS WILL GRADUALLY VEER NE THEN E BEHIND THE
FRONT. THE FRONT WILL STALL ACROSS THE CENTRAL GULF TUE WHERE IT
WILL LINGER THROUGH WED. 

.TODAY...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING S TO SW 15 TO 20 KT IN
THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.TONIGHT...SW TO W WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING S TO SW 10 TO
15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.SUN...SW TO W WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.SUN NIGHT...W WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...DIMINISHING TO 5 TO 10 KT
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.MON...W TO NW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.TUE...N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.WED...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...TROPICAL STORM LESLIE NEAR 28.1N 62.3W 983 MB AT
5 AM EDT MOVING N AT 4 KT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 55 KT GUSTS
65 KT. LESLIE IS JUST E OF THE SW N ATLC OFFSHORE WATERS AREA
AND IS FORECAST TO REMAIN E OF 65W THROUGH THE WEEKEND WHILE
DRIFTING N...MOVING N OF 31N EARLY MON WHILE STRENGTHENING TO A
HURRICANE. LARGE LONG PERIOD NE TO E SWELLS GENERATED BY LESLIE
WILL IMPACT THE MAJORITY OF THE BASIN THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. A
COLD FRONT WILL ENTER THE FAR NW PART OF THE BASIN SUN NIGHT...
REACHING FROM NEAR 31N72W TO CENTRAL FLORIDA EARLY MON...FROM
29N65W TO 26N73W TO S FLORIDA BY EARLY TUE...STALLING OUT ACROSS
THE S CENTRAL WATERS WED WITH HIGH PRES BUILDING EASTWARD BEHIND
IT.  

.TODAY...S OF 27N...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING S IN THE
AFTERNOON. N OF 27N...S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING SW TO W
10 TO 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT S OF 27N...AND 5 TO
7 FT N OF 27N. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.TONIGHT...S OF 27N...SE TO S WINDS LESS THAN 5 KT...BECOMING S
AFTER MIDNIGHT. N OF 27N...SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT
S OF 27N...AND 5 TO 7 FT N OF 27N. 
.SUN...S OF 27N...SW TO W WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. N
OF 27N...SW TO W WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. 
.SUN NIGHT...S OF 27N...SW TO W WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING SW
10 TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. N OF 27N...SW TO W WINDS 15 TO
20 KT...BECOMING W 10 TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT S
OF 27N...AND 6 TO 8 FT N OF 27N. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
TSTMS. 
.MON...NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.TUE...N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.WED...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.