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FZNT25 KNHC 151542
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1142 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 COLD FRONT WILL MOVE OFF THE TEXAS COAST EARLY THU AND
REACH FROM NEAR TAMPA FLORIDA TO NE MEXICO NEAR 23N98W BY FRI
MORNING. 

.THIS AFTERNOON...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.TONIGHT...N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.TUE...N TO NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KT IN
THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.WED...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.WED NIGHT...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.THU...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. 
.THU NIGHT...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. 
.FRI...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING N TO NE 5 TO 10 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. 

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...TROPICAL STORM RAFAEL NEAR 23.1N 65.6W 983 MB AT
1500 UTC MOVING NW OR 345 DEG AT 8 KT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 
60 KT GUSTS 75 KT. RAFAEL WILL MOVE NW AND INTENSIFY TO A 
HURRICANE STRENGTH BY EARLY THIS EVENING NEAR 24.5N 65.7W
...THEN REACH NEAR 27.4N 64.9W TUE MORNING...THEN BEGIN TO TURN
NE AND GRADUALLY ACCELERATE AS IT REACHES NEAR 30.9N 63.1W BY
EARLY TUE NIGHT 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 WILL MOVE INTO NW WATERS
FRI.  

.THIS AFTERNOON...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT IN
NE SWELL.
.TONIGHT...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT IN NE SWELL. 
.TUE...S OF 27N...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. N OF
27N...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT IN NE SWELL. 
.TUE NIGHT...N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING NE 5 TO 10 KT
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT S OF 27N...AND 8 TO 11 FT IN MIXED
NE AND SE SWELL N OF 27N.
.WED...NE TO E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT S OF 27N...AND
7 TO 10 FT IN MIXED NR AND SE SWELL N OF 27N.
.WED NIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT IN NE SWELL S
OF 27N... AND 6 TO 8 FT IN MIXED NE AND SE SWELL N OF 27N.
.THU...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.THU NIGHT...S OF 27N...E TO SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. N OF 27N...SE
WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING S 10 TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS
4 TO 6 FT. 
.FRI...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT S OF 27N...AND SW 10 TO 15 KT N OF
27N. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.