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FZNT25 KNHC 201518
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1118 AM EDT SAT OCT 20 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 VENICE FLORIDA TO NEAR
24N89W. THE FRONT WILL DISSIPATE OVER THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA
SUN. HIGH PRES WILL BUILD BEHIND THE FRONT WITH WINDS BECOMING
FRESH OVER MUCH OF THE GULF SUN NIGHT INTO TUE. THE PRES
GRADIENT WILL REMAIN STRONG OVER THE E GULF BETWEEN HIGH PRES TO
THE N AND DEVELOPING LOW PRES JUST S OF JAMAICA.

.THIS AFTERNOON...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING N TO NE 5 TO
10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. 
.TONIGHT...N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.SUN...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.SUN NIGHT...NE TO E 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. 
.WED...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...COLD FRONT FROM 31N74W TO SEBASTIAN INLET FLORIDA 
WILL EXTEND FROM 31N70W TO CENTRAL BAHAMAS SUN MORNING...THEN 
WEAKEN AS IT SHIFTS E OF 65W MON. HIGH PRES WILL BUILD OVER THE 
CAROLINAS BEHIND THE FRONT SUN NIGHT THROUGH TUE. THE PRES 
GRADIENT WILL INCREASE BETWEEN THE HIGH PRES TO THE N AND 
DEVELOPING LOW PRES OVER THE CARIBBEAN TUE INTO WED.

.THIS AFTERNOON...S OF 27N...NW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. N OF 27N...W
TO NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING NW 5 TO 10 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.TONIGHT...N TO NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.SUN...N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.SUN NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT S OF 27N...AND NE 10 TO 15 KT
N OF 27N. SEAS 2 TO 4 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. 
.WED...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT.