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FZNT25 KNHC 022112
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
512 PM 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 WEAK COLD FRONT FROM JUST S OF THE FLORIDA KEYS TO
NEAR 24N86W WILL SINK SLOWLY SE ACROSS THE FAR SE WATERS AND
STRAITS OF FLORIDA AND EXIT THE AREA LATE TONIGHT AS HIGH PRES
CENTERED OVER THE CENTRAL GULF BECOMES ORIENTED E TO W ACROSS THE
NORTHERN WATERS THROUGH SAT THEN SHIFTS S SUN NIGHT. THIS WILL
ALLOW FOR A STRONGER COLD FRONT TO RAPIDLY MOVE SE ACROSS THE
EASTERN GULF MON AND TUE FOLLOWED BY INCREASING NW WINDS AND
BUILDING SEAS.

.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 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING E TO SE 5 TO 10 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.MON...N TO NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. 
.TUE...W TO NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.WED...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...A COLD FRONTAL TROUGH EXTENDS FROM BERMUDA THROUGH
THE NW BAHAMAS TO JUST S OF THE FLORIDA KEYS AND IS DRIFTING SE.
A SECOND AND STRONGER FRONTAL TROUGH IS NW OF THIS FRONT OVER
THE NW PART OF THE SW N ATLC WATERS. THE SECOND FRONT WILL
GRADUALLY MERGE WITH THE FIRST FRONT SAT AND DISSIPATE SUN. HIGH
PRES WILL SHIFT E ACROSS THE NORTHERN PORTION BEHIND THE MERGED
FRONT MON AND TUE ALLOWING FOR YET ANOTHER COLD FRONT TO MOVE
INTO THE NW WATERS.  

.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 4 TO 6 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...S OF 27N...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. N OF 27N...NE WINDS
5 KT...SHIFTING TO SE IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.SUN NIGHT...S OF 27N...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING E TO SE
5 TO 10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. N OF 27N...S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS
2 TO 3 FT. 
.MON...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.TUE...SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. 
.WED...NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.