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FZNT25 KNHC 011541
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1141 AM EDT FRI MAY 1 2015

...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 HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED OVER THE NW GULF WILL
SHIFT EASTWARD TO THE NE GULF BY LATE SAT NIGHT. STRONGER HIGH
PRES FROM THE MID ATLANTIC WILL BUILD SSW ACROSS MUCH OF THE
GULF SUN THROUGH TUE NIGHT. TROUGHING WILL DEVELOP OVER THE
EASTERN GULF SUN. THE TROUGH WILL WEAKEN AS IT MOVES WESTWARD
ACROSS THE CENTRAL WATERS MON INTO EARLY TUE.  

.TODAY...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT.
.TONIGHT...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 
.SAT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. ISOLATED SHOWERS. 
.SUN...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT... EXCEPT 5 TO 7 FT
STRAITS OF FLORIDA.
.SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.MON...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.MON NIGHT...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.TUE...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON.
SEAS 5 TO 7 FT...SUBSIDING TO 3 TO 5 FT LATE.
.TUE NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...A COLD FRONT EXTENDS FROM 31N66W TO 26N70W TO E
CENTRAL CUBA. A SECOND COLD FRONT IS JUST ENTERING THE FAR NW
WATERS THIS MORNING. THE FIRST COLD FRONT WILL BECOME STATIONARY
AND WEAKEN FROM NEAR 30N65W TO 26N70W TO 22N78W BY SAT AFTERNOON
WHILE THE SECOND COLD FRONT REACHES FROM NEAR 31N69W TO 26N72W TO
25N78W. THE COLD FRONT WILL THEN OVERTAKE THE STATIONARY FRONT
LATE BY EARLY ON SUN FROM NEAR 29N65W TO 26N70W...AND WEAKENING
STATIOANRY FRONT TO 22N78W. THE COLD FRONT PORTION WILL MOVE E OF
THE AREA SUN NIGHT...WHILE THE STATIONARY PORTION WEAKENS TO A
TROUGH THAT MOVES WESTWARD ACROSS THE SE BAHAMAS MON. THE TROUGH
WILL EXPAND NORTHWARD MON NIGHT AS MOVES ACROSS THE CENTRAL BAHAMAS
...AND STALL OVER THE NW BAHAMAS S TO THE CENTRAL COAST OF CUBA
TUE. LOW PRES IS EXPECTED TO FORM ALONG THE TROUGH TUE IN THE
VICINITY OF THE NW BAHAMAS AND GRADUALLY INTENSIFY AS IT MOVES
NORTHWARD THROUGH TUE NIGHT. A TIGHT PRES GRADIENT BETWEEN THE LOW
AND STRONG HIGH PRES BUILDING S TO THE N AND NE OF THE BAHAMAS
WILL SUPPORT FRESH TO STRONG E WINDS OVER MUCH OF THE WESTERN
PORTION OF THE AREA.

.TODAY...NW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT S OF 27N...AND NW 10 TO 15 KT N OF
27N. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS S OF 27N...AND 3 TO 5 FT N OF 27N. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS S OF 27N.
.TONIGHT...N WINDS 5 TO 10 KT S OF 27N...AND N 15 TO 20 KT N OF
27N. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS S OF 27N...AND 3 TO 5 FT N OF 27N. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS S OF 27N.
.SAT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N...AND N 15 TO 20 KT N OF
27N. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS S OF 27N...AND 3 TO 5 FT N OF 27N. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS S OF 27N.
.SAT NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT S OF 27N...AND
4 TO 6 FT N OF 27N. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS S OF 27N.
.SUN...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT S OF 27N...AND 4 TO 6 FT
N OF 27N. 
.SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT S OF 27N...AND
4 TO 6 FT N OF 27N. 
.MON...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT S OF 27N...AND 4 TO
6 FT N OF 27N. 
.MON NIGHT...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT S OF 27N...AND
5 TO 7 FT N OF 27N. 
.TUE...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT S OF 27N...AND 5 TO
7 FT N OF 27N. 
.TUE NIGHT...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT S OF 27N...AND 5 TO
7 FT N OF 27N.