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FZNT25 KNHC 020839
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
439 AM EDT FRI NOV 2 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 FRONTAL BOUNDARY EXTENDS FROM CENTRAL FLORIDA INTO
THE CENTRAL GULF WATERS WITH HIGH PRES CENTERED OVER THE NW
GULF. THE HIGH PRES CENTER WILL SHIFT EASTWARD TODAY AS THE
FRONTAL BOUNDARY SHIFTS SE...PASSING THROUGH THE FL STRAITS LATE
TONIGHT. AN E TO W RIDGE ACROSS THE NORTHERN WATERS SAT WILL
SHIFT S SUN NIGHT ALLOWING A COLD FRONT TO PASS THROUGH THE
NORTHERN WATERS MON. A REINFORCING PUSH WILL MOVE THE FRONT
RAPIDLY ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE GULF WATERS TUE. 

.TODAY...N WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...DIMINISHING TO LESS THAN 5 KT IN
THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.TONIGHT...N TO NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. 
.SAT...NE TO E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. 
.SUN...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.MON...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. 
.TUE...NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...A FRONTAL TROUGH EXTENDS FROM BERMUDA TO THE
NORTHERN BAHAMAS. A SECOND FRONTAL TROUGH EXTENDS WEST OF THIS
FRONT OVER THE NW PART OF THE SW N ATLC WATERS. THE FRONT TO THE
WEST WILL MERGE WITH THE FRONT TO THE EAST LATE SAT WITH THE
BOUNDARIES DISSIPATING SUN. A SURFACE HIGH WILL SHIFT ACROSS THE
NORTHERN PART OF THE AREA IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT WITH
ASSOCIATED RIDGE PREVAILING ACROSS THE NORTHERN PART OF THE SW N
ATLC FORECAST AREA. THE RIDGE WILL SHIFT E TO ALLOW ANOTHER COLD
FRONT TO MOVE INTO THE NW WATERS TUE.  

.TODAY...NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...DIMINISHING TO 5 TO 10 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT S OF 27N...AND 4 TO 6 FT N OF 27N. 
.TONIGHT...S OF 27N...N TO NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. N OF 27N...W TO
NW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...INCREASING TO 10 TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT.
SEAS 1 TO 2 FT S OF 27N...AND 3 TO 5 FT N OF 27N. 
.SAT...N TO NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT S OF 27N...AND NW 10 TO 15 KT N
OF 27N. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N...AND NE 5 TO
10 KT N OF 27N. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.SUN...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.MON...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.TUE...S TO SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT.