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FZNT25 KNHC 221535
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1135 AM EDT MON OCT 22 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...E WINDS WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE SE GULF BY TUE AND
CONTINUE THROUGH LATE WED. WINDS RESULTING FROM PRES GRADIENT
BETWEEN HIGH PRES OVER THE CAROLINAS AND DEVELOPING LOW
PRES...POSSIBLE TROPICAL CYCLONE IN THE CARIBBEAN 

.THIS AFTERNOON...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.TONIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 
.TUE...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 
.TUE NIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 
.WED...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.THU...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.FRI...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...WEAKENING COLD FRONT FROM 31N63W TO CENTRAL BAHAMAS
WILL MOVE E OF 65W TONIGHT. HIGH PRES WILL BUILD OFF THE
CAROLINA COAST BEHIND THE FRONT TODAY THROUGH WED. T.D. EIGHTEEN
 NEAR 13.5N 78.0W AT 1500 UTC MOVING SW AT 4 KT. T.D. IS
FORECAST TO BECOME A T.S. THIS EVENING AND TURN NORTHWARD OVER
THE N-CENTRAL CARIBBEAN TO NEAR 14.3N 78.1W TUE AND TO NEAR
17.4N 77.0W BY WED AND INLAND OVER E CUBA ON THU. SYSTEM MOVES
TO NEAR 24.5N 74.5W FRI AND BECOMES SUBTROPICAL NEAR 27.0N 73.0W
SAT.  THE PRES GRADIENT WILL INCREASE BETWEEN HIGH PRES OVER THE
CAROLINAS AND DEVELOPING T.S. EIGHTEEN WITH INCREASING EASTERLY
WINDS OVER MUCH OF THE SW N ATLC.    

.THIS AFTERNOON...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT S OF 27N...AND NE
10 TO 15 KT N OF 27N. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
TSTMS. 
.TONIGHT...S OF 27N...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. N OF 27N...NE
TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 
.TUE...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 
.TUE NIGHT...S OF 27N...NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...BECOMING E
15 TO 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. N OF 27N...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS
4 TO 6 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 
.WED...NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.THU...NE WINDS 30 TO 35 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. 
.FRI...N TO NE WINDS 30 TO 35 KT. SEAS 9 TO 14 FT.