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FZNT25 KNHC 090920
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
520 AM EDT THU MAY 9 2013

...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...1021 MB HIGH PRES IS CENTERED NEAR 28N85W WITH A
RIDGE W TO 28N96W. THE HIGH WILL MOVE LITTLE THROUGH EARLY
TONIGHT...THEN BECOME A RIDGE ALONG 28N E OF 90W THROUGH SAT
EVENING. THE RIDGE WILL WEAKEN SAT THROUGH MON ALLOWING FOR A WEAK
COLD FRONT TO MOVE OFF THE LOUISIANA AND TEXAS COAST EARLY ON SAT.
THE FRONT WILL WEAKEN AS IT MOVES SE REACHING FROM NE FLORIDA TO
26N93W WHERE IT STALLS INTO THE SW GULF BY SUN EVENING. THE COLD
FRONT PORTION WILL MOVE E OF THE GULF DURING SUN NIGHT WHILE THE
STALLED PORTION DISSIPATES INTO MON AS HIGH PRES BUILDS SE ACROSS
THE AREA.

.TODAY...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. 
.TONIGHT...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...INCREASING TO 10 TO 15 KT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. 
.FRI...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING SE 5 TO 10 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.FRI NIGHT...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.SAT...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.SUN...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. 
.MON...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...A TROUGH FROM 25N72W TO HAITI WILL MOVE LITTLE
THROUGH EARLY TONIGHT...THEN BEGIN TO WEAKEN AS REACHES FROM NEAR
28N73W TO EASTERN CUBA BY EARLY FRI EVENING AND DISSIPATE SAT
ACROSS THE CENTRAL BAHAMAS. A RIDGE WILL EXTEND FROM BERMUDA TO
CENTRAL FLORIDA ON SAT THEN SHIFT E AS A SLOW MOVING WEAK COLD
FRONT MOVES INTO THE FAR NW PORTION EARLY ON SUN. THE FRONT IS
EXPECTED TO REACH FROM NEAR 31N77W TO S FLORIDA BY LATE MON.

.TODAY...S OF 27N...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. N OF 27N...SW WINDS 5 TO
10 KT...DIMINISHING TO LESS THAN 5 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 TO
3 FT...SUBSIDING TO 1 TO 2 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND TSTMS S OF 27N E OF 79W. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND TSTMS N OF 28N. 
.TONIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N...AND SE 5 TO 10 KT N OF
27N. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT...BUILDING TO 2 TO 3 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS S OF 27N E OF 79W. ISOLATED SHOWERS
AND TSTMS N OF 28N. 
.FRI...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
TSTMS. 
.FRI NIGHT...S OF 27N...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. N OF 27N...SE WINDS
5 TO 10 KT...INCREASING TO 10 TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO
3 FT. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 
.SAT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.SUN...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.MON...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.