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FZNT25 KNHC 191541
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1141 AM EDT FRI OCT 19 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 COLD FRONT EXTENDS FROM CEDAR KEY FLORIDA TO
27N90W WHERE IT BECOMES STATIONARY TO INLAND FAR S TEXAS AND NE
MEXICO. THE COLD FRONT PORTION WILL REACH FROM NEAR FORT MYERS
TO 25N90W ...AND CONTINUE AS DISSIPATING STATIONARY TO NE MEXICO
BY SAT MORNING. THE FRONT WILL DISSIPATE FROM THE FLORIDA KEYS
TO THE FAR S CENTRAL GULF SAT EVENING AS HIGH PRES BEGINS TO
BUILD S ACROSS THE EASTERN GULF THROUGH TUE. NE WINDS INCREASE
OVER MUCH OF THE EASTERN AND CENTRAL WATERS MON AND TUE...WHILE
INCREASING RETURN SLY FLOW SETS UP OVER THE WESTERN GULF SAT
NIGHT THROUGH MON AS THE HIGH PRES INTERACTS WITH DEVELOPING LOW
PRES OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS. 

.THIS AFTERNOON...S TO SW WINDS LESS THAN 5 KT...SHIFTING TO W
TO NW IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 1 FT OR LESS. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
TSTMS FAR SE PART.
.TONIGHT...N WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. ISOLATED SHOWERS.
.SAT...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
ISOLATED TSTMS FAR SE PART.
.SAT NIGHT...N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. ISOLATED
SHOWERS. 
.SUN...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.MON...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.TUE...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...A WEAK RIDGE EXTENDING FROM BERMUDA TO THE CENTRAL
BAHAMAS WILL SHIFT IN E AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT OVER THE FAR NW
WATERS. THE FRONT WILL REACH FROM NEAR 31N72W TO E CENTRAL
FLORIDA BY EARLY SAT...FROM NEAR 31N70W TO THE NW BAHAMAS BY
EARLY SUN...THEN WEAKEN AS IT MOVES TO THE FAR EASTERN WATERS
LATE SUN AND TO E OF THE AREA MON AND TUE. HIGH PRES FROM THE
CAROLINAS WILL BUILD SE OVER THE AREA WHILE STRENGTHENING
RESULTING IN INCREASING NE TO E WINDS OVER MUCH OF THE AREA.  

.THIS AFTERNOON...S TO SW WINDS LESS THAN 5 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS S OF 27N. 
.TONIGHT...S TO SW WINDS LESS THAN 5 KT...BECOMING SW AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS S OF 27N. 
.SAT...NW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT S OF 27N...AND W TO NW 10 TO 15 KT N
OF 27N. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS S OF 27N. 
.SAT NIGHT...N WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. ISOLATED
SHOWERS AND TSTMS S OF 27N.
.SUN...N TO NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.MON...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.TUE...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.