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FZNT25 KNHC 090934
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
534 AM EDT TUE JUL 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...A HIGH PRES RIDGE WILL EXTEND ACROSS THE NORTHERN
GULF THROUGH THU BEFORE RETREATING EASTWARD. A WEAK FRONTAL
SYSTEM WILL SINK INTO THE N CENTRAL PORTION LATE FRI...WHERE IT
WILL STALL AND DISSIPATE THROUGH SAT. 

.TODAY...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.TONIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.WED...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...DIMINISHING TO 5 TO 10 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. 
.WED NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. 
.THU...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. 
.THU NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. 
.FRI...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. 
.FRI NIGHT...W WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING SE AFTER MIDNIGHT.
SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. 
.SAT...S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...ATLC HIGH PRES RIDGE N OF THE AREA ALONG 32N WILL
SHIFT S THROUGH THU BEFORE RETREATING EASTWARD. A TROUGH MOVING
W-NW ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN BAHAMAS WILL AFFECT THE FAR
SW PORTION OF THE BASIN TODAY BEFORE MOVING W OF THE AREA WED.
TROPICAL STORM CHANTAL IN THE TROPICAL N ATLC WATERS IS EXPECTED
TO MOVE QUICKLY W-NW ACROSS THE TROPICAL N ATLC WATERS
TODAY...INTO AND ACROSS THE E CARIBBEAN LATE TODAY AND
TONIGHT...THEN ACROSS HISPANIOLA WED...SHIFTING N OF HISPANIOLA
AND INTO THE FAR S BAHAMAS NEAR 20.1N 72.0W LATE WED NIGHT WITH
AN INTENSITY OF 35 KT GUSTING TO 45 KT. CHANTAL WILL RE INTENSIFY
AS THE SYSTEM MOVES NW ACROSS THE BAHAMAS...REACHING NEAR 23.5N
74.8W LATE THU NIGHT...NEAR 26.5N 76.0W LATE FRI NIGHT...AND NEAR
28.5N 77.5W LATE SAT NIGHT WITH AN INTENSITY OF 50 KT GUSTING TO
60 KT.

.TODAY...S OF 27N...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...INCREASING 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. 
.TONIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.WED...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT...SUBSIDING TO 2 TO
3 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. NUMEROUS TSTMS. 
.WED NIGHT...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT S OF 27N...AND S 10 TO 15 KT N
OF 27N. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.THU...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.THU NIGHT...S OF 27N...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT... INCREASING TO
20 TO 25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. N OF 27N...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS
2 TO 3 FT...BUILDING TO 3 TO 5 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
.FRI...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. 
.FRI NIGHT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. 
.SAT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE.