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FZNT25 KNHC 042131
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
531 PM EDT FRI OCT 4 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...TROPICAL STORM KAREN AT 25.9N 90.3W 1003 MB AT 5 PM
EDT MOVING NNW AT 6 KT. MAXIMUM WINDS 45 WITH GUSTS TO 55 KT.
KAREN WILL BE NEAR 26.9N 90.6W TONIGHT...27.9N 90.7W SAT...28.8N
89.6W SAT NIGHT...29.9N 87.7W SUN...THEN WILL MOVE INLAND OVER
THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE OFF SE
TEXAS COAST SUN...REACHING FROM THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE TO W BAY
OF CAMPECHE LATE MON BEFORE BECOMING DIFFUSE TUE. HIGH PRES WILL
FOLLOW BEHIND THE FRONT WED. 

.TONIGHT...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS. 
.SAT...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS. 
.SAT NIGHT...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.SUN...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.SUN NIGHT...S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.MON...W WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.MON NIGHT...NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...DIMINISHING TO 5 TO 10 KT
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.TUE...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. 
.TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT.
.WED...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...HIGH PRES RIDGE OFF EASTERN SEABOARD WILL PERSIST
THROUGH SAT. SOUTHERLY FLOW OFF NE FLORIDA WILL INCREASE SUN AND
MON AS KAREN PASSES ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST U.S. AHEAD OF A COLD
FRONT THAT WILL WEAKEN AS IT MOVES OFF THE NE FLORIDA COAST WED.

.TONIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. 
.SAT...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT S OF 27N...AND E 10 TO 15 KT N OF 27N.
SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT...BUILDING TO
2 TO 3 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
.SUN...S OF 27N...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...DIMINISHING TO 5 TO 10 KT
IN THE AFTERNOON. N OF 27N...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO
3 FT. 
.SUN NIGHT...S OF 27N...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. N OF 27N...SE WINDS
10 TO 15 KT...INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO
3 FT. 
.MON...S OF 27N...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...DIMINISHING TO 5 TO 10 KT
IN THE AFTERNOON. N OF 27N...S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.
.MON NIGHT...SW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT S OF 27N...AND S 15 TO 20 KT N
OF 27N. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.TUE...S OF 27N...SW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. N OF 27N...SW WINDS 15 TO
20 KT...BECOMING W 10 TO 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT...
SUBSIDING TO 1 TO 2 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. 
.TUE NIGHT...NW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT.
.WED...N WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT...BUILDING TO 2 TO
3 FT IN THE AFTERNOON.