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FZNT25 KNHC 022124
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
524 PM EDT FRI AUG 2 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...THE NORTHERN PORTION OF A WEAK TROPICAL WAVE WILL
MOVE ACROSS THE SW GULF TONIGHT THROUGH SAT NIGHT. OTHERWISE...A
RIDGE ALONG 27N WILL REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY THROUGH SAT...THEN
SHIFT S TO 26N SUN THROUGH WED. 

.TONIGHT...S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 FT OR LESS. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.SAT...S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...DIMINISHING TO LESS THAN 5 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 1 FT OR LESS. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 
.SAT NIGHT...S WINDS LESS THAN 5 KT...BECOMING SE AFTER MIDNIGHT.
SEAS 1 FT OR LESS. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 
.SUN...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING N IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS
1 FT OR LESS. ISOLATED SHOWERS. 
.SUN NIGHT...N WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. 
.MON...N WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 FT. 
.TUE...NW WINDS LESS THAN 5 KT. SEAS 1 FT OR LESS. 
.WED...NE WINDS LESS THAN 5 KT. SEAS 1 FT OR LESS. 

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...A SURFACE TROUGH EXTENDS FROM 29N79W TO LOW PRES...REMNANTS
OF DORIAN AT 27N79W 1016 MB...AND CONTINUES TO 26N80W. THE LOW MAY
INTENSIFY INTO A TROPICAL CYCLONE AS IT LIFTS N TO NE THROUGH SAT...
BEFORE IT MERGES WITH A FRONTAL TROUGH OFF THE SE UNITED STATES
LATE SAT AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS TSTMS
WILL BE CONFINED TO THE NW PORTION THROUGH SAT NIGHT. OTHERWISE...
WEAK HIGH PRES WILL DOMINATE THE AREA THROUGH WED AS WEAK FRONTAL
TROUGH BRUSHES THE FAR NORTHERN WATERS FROM W TO E SUN THROUGH
WED.

.TONIGHT...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT S OF 27N...AND S 15 TO 20 KT N OF
27N. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. WINDS AND SEAS HIGHER IN AND NEAR NUMEROUS
SHOWERS AND TSTMS N OF 25N. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS 
ELSEWHERE.
.SAT...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT S OF 27N...AND SW 10 TO 15 KT N OF
27N. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS N OF 27N E OF
78W. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS FROM 25N TO 27N W OF 75W. 
.SAT NIGHT...S OF 27N...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. N OF 27N...SW WINDS
10 TO 15 KT...DIMINISHING TO 5 TO 10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO
3 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS N OF 27N E OF 78W EARLY.
ISOLATED SHOWERS AND TSTMS ELSEWHERE N OF 27N. 
.SUN...S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.SUN NIGHT...S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.MON...SW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.TUE...SE WINDS LESS THAN 5 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. 
.WED...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.