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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1126 AM EDT SAT OCT 5 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 27.9N 91.7W 1008 MB AT 11 AM
EDT MOVING N AT 6 KT. MAXIMUM WINDS 35 KT GUSTS TO 45 KT. KAREN
IS NOT EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY PRIOR TO LANDFALL. IT WILL BE NEAR
28.7N 91.5W THIS EVENING...MOVING ONSHORE IN SE LOUISIANA EARLY
SUN MORNING...THEN ACCELERATE NE PASSING NEAR MOBILE ALABAMA SUN
EVENING. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE OFF SE TEXAS COAST SUN MORNING...
REACHING FROM THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE TO W BAY OF CAMPECHE SUN
NIGHT...FROM N FLORIDA TO THE E BAY OF CAMPECHE MON EVENING
BECOMING DIFFUSE OVER THE SE GULF BY TUE.

.THIS AFTERNOON...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS. 
.TONIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS. 
.SUN...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS. 
.SUN NIGHT...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS. 
.MON...W WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.TUE...N WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.WED...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...HIGH PRES RIDGE OFF EASTERN SEABOARD WILL WEAKEN
TONIGHT AS A STRONG UPPER TROUGH PUSHES EASTWARD. SOUTHERLY FLOW
OFF NE FLORIDA WILL INCREASE SUN NIGHT AND MON AS REMNANT LOW
KAREN PASSES ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST U.S. AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT. THE
FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE FAR NW PART TUE MORNING REACHING FROM
31N77W TO SOUTH FLORIDA TUE NIGHT...THEN BECOME DIFFUSE BY WED.

.THIS AFTERNOON...S OF 27N...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT... BECOMING E
10 TO 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. N OF 27N...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT.
SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.TONIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.SUN...E 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...BUILDING TO 2 TO 4 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SCATTERED SHOWERS. 
.MON...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.TUE...W WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.WED...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.