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FZNT25 KNHC 142101
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
501 PM EDT SUN OCT 14 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 WILL MOVE SE THROUGH THE GULF N OF
26N LATE MON INTO TUE WITH A STRONGER FRONT MOVING OFF THE TEXAS
COAST EARLY THU AND REACHING FROM CEDAR KEY...FLORIDA TO NE
MEXICO NEAR 23N98W FRI MORNING. 

.TONIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.MON...N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.MON NIGHT...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.TUE...N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.TUE NIGHT...N TO NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.WED...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.THU...SE WINDS LESS THAN 5 KT. SEAS 1 FT OR LESS.
.FRI...W TO NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...TROPICAL STORM RAFAEL NEAR 20.7N 64.7W 996 MB AT 
2100 UTC OCT 14 MOVING N-NW OR 330 DEG AT 9 KT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS 50 KT GUSTS 60 KT. RAFAEL WILL INTENSIFY TO 60 KT NEAR
23.5N 66.2W MON AFTERNOON AND REACH HURRICANE STRENGTH EARLY TUE
NEAR 26.0N 65.8W. RAFAEL WILL REMAIN A MINIMAL HURRICANE AS IT
MOVES NE OF THE AREA LATE TUE. A TIGHT PRES GRADIENT BETWEEN A
TROUGH FROM 27N76W TO 22N75W AND HIGH PRES OVER THE EASTERN U.S.
WILL SUPPLY FRESH TO STRONG NE WINDS ACROSS THE NW HALF OF THE
AREA THROUGH TONIGHT. A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH THE NW HALF
TUE THROUGH WED DISSIPATING THU. A STRONGER FRONT MOVES INTO NW
WATERS FRI.

.TONIGHT...S OF 27N...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. N OF 27N...NE
TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING E 10 TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT.
SEAS 4 TO 6 FT S OF 27N...AND 7 TO 10 FT N OF 27N. 
.MON...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT S OF 27N...AND 6 TO
8 FT N OF 27N. 
.MON NIGHT...N WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT S OF 27N...AND
5 TO 7 FT N OF 27N. 
.TUE...S OF 27N...N WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. N OF 27N...N TO NW WINDS
15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING N 10 TO 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 TO
5 FT S OF 27N...AND 6 TO 9 FT N OF 27N. 
.TUE NIGHT...S OF 27N...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. N OF 27N...N TO NE
WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING NE 5 TO 10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS
3 TO 5 FT S OF 27N...AND 6 TO 9 FT N OF 27N. 
.WED...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.THU...SE WINDS LESS THAN 5 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.
.FRI...SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.