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FZNT25 KNHC 022131
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
531 PM 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...WEAK RIDGE ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF SHIFT N THROUGH
TONIGHT AHEAD A LOW PRES CENTER MOVING N ACROSS YUCATAN
PENINSULA...POSSIBLY AS A TROPICAL CYCLONE. THE LOW PRES WILL
MOVE INTO CENTRAL GULF THU THEN SHIFT NE ACROSS NE GULF FRI
THROUGH SUN. WHETHER OR NOT THIS LOW PRES CENTER
INTENSIFIES...WINDS AND SEAS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE OVER
PORTIONS OF THE EASTERN GULF TONIGHT THROUGH THU ACCOMPANIED BY
SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AND SQUALLS. 

.TONIGHT...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT...BUILDING TO 3 TO
5 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SCATTERED TSTMS. 
.THU...W OF 85W SE WINDS 25 TO 30 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. ELSEWHERE
SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT...EXCEPT 3 TO 5 FT IN STRAITS
OF FLORIDA. SCATTERED TSTMS.
.THU NIGHT...N OF 24N W OF 85W SE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 8
FT. ELSEWHERE E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED
TSTMS.
.FRI...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.FRI NIGHT...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT...SUBSIDING TO
2 TO 3 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
.SAT...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.SUN...SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. 
.MON...NW WINDS LESS THAN 5 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...1019 MB HIGH PRES IS CENTERED NEAR 28N64W WITH A WEAK
RIDGE EXTENDING W THROUGH NORTHERN BAHAMAS HAS SHIFT S SLIGHTLY
AHEAD OF A WEAK TROUGH EXTENDING FROM BERMUDA TO NE FLORIDA. THE
RIDGE WILL SHIFT N TONIGHT AS THE TROUGH WEAKENS. RIDGE WILL
MAINTAIN GENTLE E-SE BREEZES N OF 22N THROUGH MON WITH MODERATE
NE TRADES S OF 22N. ACTIVE WEATHER WITH SQUALLS TO MOVE NW
THROUGH S FLORIDA WATERS TODAY.

.TONIGHT...S OF 27N...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...INCREASING TO 10 TO
15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. N OF 27N...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO
3 FT. 
.THU...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N...AND E LESS THAN 5 KT N OF
27N. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.THU NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N...AND E 5 KT N OF 27N.
SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.FRI...S OF 27N...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...DIMINISHING TO 5 TO 10 KT
IN THE AFTERNOON. N OF 27N...E WINDS LESS THAN 5 KT. SEAS 1 TO
2 FT. 
.FRI NIGHT...S OF 27N...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. N OF 27N...E WINDS
LESS THAN 5 KT...INCREASING TO 5 TO 10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS
1 TO 2 FT. 
.SAT...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. 
.SUN...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.MON...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT.