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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
518 AM EDT MON JUL 8 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...HIGH PRES RIDGE WILL EXTEND ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF
THROUGH FRI. 

.TODAY...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.TONIGHT...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.TUE...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.TUE NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.WED...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT...SUBSIDING TO 1 TO
2 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. 
.WED NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. 
.THU...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. 
.THU NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. 
.FRI...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING S 5 TO 10 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...W ATLC HIGH PRES RIDGE N OF AREA ALONG 33N WILL SHIFT
SLIGHTLY E-SE THROUGH THU. N PORTION OF TROPICAL WAVE MOVING W-NW
ACROSS THE CENTRAL BAHAMAS EARLY THIS MORNING WILL AFFECT THE FAR
SW PORTION OF THE BASIN THROUGH TUE BEFORE SHIFTING W OF THE
AREA. NEWLY FORMED TROPICAL STORM CHANTAL IN THE CENTRAL ATLC IS
FORECAST TO MOVE QUICKLY W-NW AND ACROSS THE E CARIB...THEN MOVE
ACROSS HISPANIOLA AND EASTERN CUBA. CHANTAL IS FORECAST TO REACH
THE SW N ATLC WATERS THU AND CENTERED NEAR 22.5N 76.5W WITH AN
INTENSITY OF 35 KT GUSTING TO 45 KT LATE THU NIGHT...THEN WEAKEN
TO A TROPICAL DEPRESSION NEAR 25.5N 77.5W LATE FRI NIGHT. 

.TODAY...S OF 27N...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. N OF 27N...E WINDS 10 TO
15 KT...INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 TO
4 FT. 
.TONIGHT...S OF 27N...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. N OF 27N...E WINDS
15 TO 20 KT...DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS
3 TO 5 FT...SUBSIDING TO 2 TO 4 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.TUE...S OF 27N...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...DIMINISHING TO 10 TO
15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. N OF 27N...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO
3 FT...BUILDING TO 2 TO 4 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.TUE NIGHT...S OF 27N...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING SE 15 TO
20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. N OF 27N...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO
4 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.WED...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT...BUILDING TO 3 TO
5 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. 
.WED NIGHT...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT S OF 27N...AND SE 10 TO 15 KT N
OF 27N. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT...SUBSIDING TO 2 TO 3 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
.THU...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT S OF 27N...AND S 10 TO 15 KT N OF 27N.
SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.THU NIGHT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. 
.FRI...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE.