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FZNT25 KNHC 020916
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
516 AM EDT WED OCT 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...A WEAK RIDGE ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF WILL SHIFT NE
AND OUT OF AREA TONIGHT AND WED AHEAD OF ELONGATED LOW PRES AREA
THAT WILL MOVE N ACROSS YUCATAN CHANNEL AND PENINSULA...POSSIBLY
AS A TROPICAL CYCLONE...AND INTO THE CENTRAL GULF THU...THEN
SHIFT MORE NE AND ACROSS THE NE GULF FRI THROUGH SUN. WHETHER OR
NOT THIS LOW INTENSIFIES...WIND AND SEAS WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE
OVER PORTIONS OF THE E AND SE GULF TODAY THROUGH WED ACCOMPANIED
BY SQUALLS AND THUNDERSTORMS. 

.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...BUILDING TO 3 TO
5 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.THU...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT...BUILDING TO 4 TO
6 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.THU NIGHT...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.FRI...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SAT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.SUN...SW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...1018 MB HIGH PRES CENTERED NEAR 28N63W WITH A WEAK
RIDGE EXTENDING W THROUGH THE NORTHERN BAHAMAS. LOW PRES MOVING
INTO THE NE GULF OF MEXICO THIS WEEKEND WILL ALLOW FRESH SE TO S
WINDS N OF 27N W OF 77W BY SUN. ELSEWHERE THE RIDGE WILL MAINTAIN
GENTLE BREEZES N OF 22N THROUGH THE WEEKEND...WITH MODERATE TRADE
WIND FLOW S OF 22N. ACTIVE WEATHER WITH SQUALLS TO MOVE NW
THROUGH N HALF OF BAHAMAS AND SE FLORIDA WATERS THROUGH THIS
EVENING.

.TODAY...S OF 27N...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...INCREASING TO 10 TO
15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. N OF 27N...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO
3 FT. 
.TONIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N...AND NE 5 TO 10 KT N OF
27N. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.THU...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N...AND E 5 TO 10 KT N OF 27N.
SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.THU NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N...AND E 5 TO 10 KT N OF
27N. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.FRI...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.SAT...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. 
.SUN...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.