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FZNT25 KNHC 150929
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
529 AM EDT MON OCT 15 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...FRESH NE WINDS ACROSS EXTREME SE PORTIONS WILL
WEAKEN TODAY AS HIGH PRES RIDGE FROM NW ATLC INTO SE U.S. IS
FORCED EASTWARD. A WEAK COLD FRONT APPROACHING THE TEXAS AND
LOUISIANA COASTS THIS MORNING WILL MOVE SE INTO NW PORTIONS
TODAY AND REACH FROM NEAR FT MEYERS TO CORPUS CHRISTI BY TUE
EVENING...WHERE IT WILL STALL AND GRADUALLY DISSIPATE. A
STRONGER FRONT WILL MOVE OFF THE TEXAS COAST EARLY THU AND REACH
FROM CEDAR KEY...FLORIDA TO NE MEXICO NEAR 23N98W FRI MORNING. 

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

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...TROPICAL STORM RAFAEL NEAR 22.5N 65.3W 988 MB AT
0900 UTC MOVING NNW OR 335 DEG AT 9 KT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS
60 KT GUSTS 75 KT. RAFAEL WILL MOVE NNW AND INTENSIFY TO
HURRICANE STRENGTH BY AFTERNOON THEN REACH NEAR 26.3N 65.3W LATE
TONIGHT...THEN BEGIN TO TURN NNE AND GRADUALLY ACCELERATE TUE...
REACHING NEAR 29.6N 63.8W TUE AFTERNOON BEFORE EXITING THE AREA
LATE TUE NIGHT. FRESH NE WINDS WILL DIMINISH OVER THE WESTERN
HALF OF THE AREA THIS MORNING. A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH
THE NW HALF TUE THROUGH WED DISSIPATING THU. ANOTHER COLD FRONT
MOVES INTO NW WATERS FRI.  

.TODAY...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT S OF 27N...AND 6 TO
8 FT N OF 27N. 
.TONIGHT...S OF 27N...N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO
5 FT. N OF 27N...N TO NW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.TUE...S OF 27N...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...DIMINISHING TO 5 TO
10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. N OF 27N...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS
3 TO 5 FT S OF 27N...AND 6 TO 8 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 TO E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.THU...E TO SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.FRI...SE TO S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.