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FZNT25 KNHC 161527
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1127 AM EDT TUE OCT 16 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 EXTENDS FROM NEAR TAMPA FLORIDA TO
27N90W WHERE IT BECOMES STATIONARY TO INLAND SOUTHERN TEXAS. THE
COLD FRONT WILL REACH FROM SW FLORIDA TO NEAR 25N91W WHERE IT
BECOME STATIONARY AND GRADUALLY DISSIPATE THROUGH TONIGHT. A
SECOND COLD FRONT WILL MOVE OFF THE TEXAS COAST EARLY THU AND
REACH FROM NEAR TAMPA FLORIDA TO BROWNSVILLE TEXAS FRI MORNING
...THEN WEAKEN FROM NEAR FORT MYERS TO CORPUS CHRISTI SAT
MORNING AS WEAK HIGH PRES BUILDS ACROSS THE AREA. 

.THIS AFTERNOON...N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.
ISOLATED SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 
.TONIGHT...N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING NE TO E 5 TO
10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. ISOLATED SHOWERS.
.WED...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...DIMINISHING TO 5 TO 10 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. ISOLATED SHOWERS.
.WED NIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING SE 5 TO 10 KT
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. ISOLATED SHOWERS. 
.THU...E TO SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. 
.THU NIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. 
.FRI...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. 
.FRI NIGHT...N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. 
.SAT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...HURRICANE RAFAEL NEAR 28.6N 64.5W 971 MB AT 1500 UTC
MOVING NNE AT 21 KT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 80 KT GUSTS 100 KT.
RAFAEL WILL BEGIN TO WEAKEN GRADUALLY AS IT MOVES TO NEAR 31.7N
62.8W BY EARLY THIS EVENING...THEN BEGIN TO ACCELERATE TO WELL
NE OF THE AREA TO NEAR 36.5N 59.1W BY WED MORNING. A WEAK COLD
FRONT FROM 31N75W TO MELBOURNE FLORIDA WILL BECOME STATIONARY
FROM NEAR 31N65W TO WEST PALM BEACH FLORIDA BY WED NIGHT WHILE
GRADUALLY DISSIPATING. ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE NW
WATERS FRI AND EXTEND FROM 31N74W TO WEST PALM BEACH BY SAT.  

.THIS AFTERNOON...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT S OF 27N...
AND 7 TO 10 FT N OF 27N. ISOLATED SHOWERS. 
.TONIGHT...N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING NE 5 TO 10 KT
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT IN NE SWELL S OF 27N...AND 8 TO 11 FT
IN NE SWELL N OF 27N. ISOLATED SHOWERS.
.WED...NE TO E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT IN NE SWELL S OF
27N...AND 7 TO 10 FT IN MIXED NE AND SE SWELL N OF 27N.
.WED NIGHT...S OF 27N...NE TO E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING E TO
SE 10 TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. N OF 27N...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO
15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT S OF 27N...AND 6 TO 8 FT IN SE SWELL N OF
27N.
.THU...SE TO S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT IN SE SWELL.
.THU NIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT IN SE 
SWELL.
.FRI...E TO SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT S OF 27N...AND SW TO W 10 TO
15 KT N OF 27N. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.FRI NIGHT...S OF 27N...NE TO E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. N OF 27N...N
TO NW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING NW 10 TO 15 KT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SAT...NE TO E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT S OF 27N...AND N 10 TO 15 KT N
OF 27N. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.