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FZNT25 KNHC 251532
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1132 AM EDT THU OCT 25 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...HURRICANE SANDY LIFTS N ACROSS BAHAMAS TODAY. THIS
WILL CAUSE STRONG NE-E WINDS ACROSS STRAITS OF FLORIDA TODAY
EXPANDING INTO EASTERN HALF OF GULF THROUGH SUN. A COLD FRONT
WILL MOVE INTO THE NW GULF FRI...AND REACH FROM THE WESTERN
FLORIDA PANHANDLE TO S TEXAS SAT...FROM THE FLORIDA BIG BEND TO
25N88W TO 22N97W BY EARLY SUN...AND FROM SW FLORIDA TO NORTHERN
YUCATAN BY EARLY MON. 

.THIS AFTERNOON...NE WINDS 25 TO 30 KT. SEAS 7 FT...BUILDING TO
9 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 
.TONIGHT...N TO NE WINDS 25 TO 30 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 
.FRI...N TO NE WINDS 25 TO 30 KT...BECOMING N 20 TO 25 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 
.FRI NIGHT...N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. 
.SAT...N TO NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...N TO NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...DIMINISHING TO 15 TO
20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT.
.SUN...N TO NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. 
.SUN NIGHT...N TO NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.MON...N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...BECOMING N TO NW 15 TO 20 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. 

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...HURRICANE SANDY NEAR 22.4N 75.5W AT 11 AM EDT MOVING
N AT 14 KT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 90 GUSTS TO 110 KT. SANDY IS
FORECAST TO MOVE THROUGH THE CENTRAL BAHAMAS REACHING 24.4N
75.6W THIS EVENING...26.2N 76.4W FRI MORNING...N OF THE BAHAMAS
TO 27.4N 76.9W FRI EVENING...28.9N 76.3W SAT MORNING...BEFORE
MOVING N OF THE AREA SUN.  

...HURRICANE WARNING...

.THIS AFTERNOON...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. NE TO E
WINDS 25 TO 30 KT S OF 27N...AND E 20 TO 25 KT N OF 27N. SEAS
11 FT...BUILDING TO 14 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.TONIGHT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS EXPECTED. S OF 27N...N
WINDS 55 TO 60 KT...BECOMING N TO NW 75 TO 85 KT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 14 TO 19 FT. N OF 27N...NE TO E WINDS 25 TO
30 KT...BECOMING NE 35 TO 40 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 16 FT...
BUILDING TO 21 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
TSTMS. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. 
.FRI...HURRICANE CONDITIONS EXPECTED. S OF 27N...NW WINDS 70 TO
80 KT. SEAS 15 TO 20 FT. N OF 27N...N TO NE WINDS 45 TO 55 KT...
INCREASING TO 60 TO 80 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 25 FT...
BUILDING TO 27 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND
ISOLATED TSTMS. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. 
.FRI NIGHT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS EXPECTED. S OF 27N...W
TO NW WINDS 65 TO 75 KT...DIMINISHING TO 50 TO 55 KT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. N OF 27N...N TO NE WINDS 55 TO 75 KT...SHIFTING TO N
TO NW 60 TO 70 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 17 TO 22 FT S OF 27N...
AND 22 TO 32 FT N OF 27N. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS.
VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. 
.SAT...HURRICANE CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. S OF 27N...W TO NW WINDS
45 TO 50 KT...DIMINISHING TO 40 TO 45 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS
13 TO 18 FT. N OF 27N...NW WINDS 50 TO 70 KT...DIMINISHING TO
45 TO 55 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 23 FT...SUBSIDING TO 21 FT
IN THE AFTERNOON. 
.SAT NIGHT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. 
.SUN...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. 
.SUN NIGHT...N TO NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...DIMINISHING TO 15 TO
20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. S OF 27N...SEAS 9 TO 14 FT. N OF 27N...
SEAS 18 FT...SUBSIDING TO 16 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
.MON...S OF 27N...NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...INCREASING TO 15 TO
20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 8 TO 13 FT. N OF 27N...NW WINDS
20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 15 FT...SUBSIDING TO 13 FT IN THE AFTERNOON.