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FZNT25 KNHC 091535
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1135 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 GULF LATE FRI...THEN STALL
AND DISSIPATE BY LATE SAT. 

.THIS AFTERNOON...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 5 TO 10 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...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.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 WINDWARD ISLANDS IS EXPECTED TO
MOVE QUICKLY WNW ACROSS THE E CARIBBEAN WATERS LATER TODAY AND
TONIGHT...THEN ACROSS HISPANIOLA WED...SHIFTING N OF HISPANIOLA
AND INTO THE FAR S BAHAMAS NEAR 21.3N 73.6W EARLY THU WITH AN
INTENSITY OF 35 KT GUSTING TO 45 KT. CHANTAL WILL RE INTENSIFY
AND TRACK NW ACROSS THE BAHAMAS...REACHING NEAR 24.5N 76.0W EARLY
FRI  ...NEAR 26.5N 77.0W EARLY SAT...AND NEAR 27.5N 78.0W EARLY
SUN  WITH AN INTENSITY OF 40 KT GUSTING TO 50 KT.

.THIS AFTERNOON...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT S OF 27N...AND E 10 TO 15 KT
N OF 27N. 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 15 TO 20 KT... INCREASING TO
25 TO 30 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.