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FZNT25 KNHC 092139
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
539 PM 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 RIDGE ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF WILL PERSIST
THROUGH THU THEN RETREAT EASTWARD. A WEAK FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL
SINK INTO THE NORTH-CENTRAL GULF LATE FRI THEN STALL AND
DISSIPATE BY SUN. 

.TONIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.WED...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 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...SW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT.
.SAT...S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 FT OR LESS. 
.SUN...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 1 FT OR LESS.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...RIDGE ALONG 32N WILL SHIFT S THROUGH THU THEN RETREAT
EASTWARD. TROPICAL STORM CHANTAL WILL RACE WNW ACROSS THE NE
CARIBBEAN WATERS TONIGHT AND WED...THEN WEAKEN AS IT CROSSES
HISPANIOLA WED NIGHT. THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM CHANTAL WILL
BE LOCATED NEAR THE WINDWARD PASSAGE EARLY THU... NEAR 22.0N
75.4W THU AFTERNOON...MOVE ACROSS THE BAHAMAS TO NEAR 26.0N 77.5W
FRI AFTERNOON...THEN NORTHWARD EAST OF FLORIDA TO NEAR 28.0N
78.9W SAT AFTERNOON AND TO 31.0N 80.0W SUN AFTERNOON.

.TONIGHT...S OF 27N...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING SE 10 TO
15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. N OF 27N...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO
4 FT. 
.WED...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT...SUBSIDING TO 2 TO
3 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. SCATTERED SHOWERS. 
.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...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. S OF 27N...E
WINDS 25 TO 30 KT...INCREASING TO 40 TO 45 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. 
.SAT NIGHT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. 
.SUN...S OF 27N...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...DIMINISHING TO 5 TO
10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. N OF 27N...SE WINDS 40 TO 45 KT...
DIMINISHING TO 35 TO 40 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.