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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1213 PM EDT WED SEP 30 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...AN AREA OF LOW PRES OVER THE NW GULF NEAR 26N93W
WILL WEAKEN TO A SURFACE TROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...AND SHIFT INTO
THE CENTRAL GULF BY WED EVENING...AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT MOVING
INTO THE NORTHERN GULF THU. THE FRONT WILL REACH FROM NEAR TAMPA
BAY FLORIDA TO THE CENTRAL BAY OF CAMPECHE BY FRI AFTERNOON...AND
FROM SW FLORIDA TO THE NORTHERN YUCATAN PENINSULA BY FRI NIGHT.
FRESH TO LOCALLY STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS WILL FOLLOW THE FRONT
FORECAST TO BECOME DIFFUSE OVER THE SE GULF ON FRI.

.THIS AFTERNOON...NW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS.
.TONIGHT...NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND ISOLATED TSTMS.
.THU...NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
ISOLATED TSTMS.
.THU NIGHT...NW TO N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND ISOLATED TSTMS.
.FRI...NW TO N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT IN
THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.FRI NIGHT...NW TO N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...DIMINISHING TO 10 TO
15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SAT...NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...W TO NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 
.SUN...W TO NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...RECENTLY UPGRADED HURRICANE JOAQUIN NEAR 24.7N 72.6W
971 MB AT 1500 UTC IS MOVING SW OR 230 DEG AT 5 KT WITH MAXIMUM
SUSTAINED WINDS 70 KT GUSTS 85 KT. JOAQUIN WILL CONTINUE TO
STRENGTHEN AS IT REACHES NEAR 24.3N 73.2W EARLY THIS EVENING...
NEAR 24.1N 74.0W WITH MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 85 KT GUSTS 105 KT
EARLY THU MORNING...THEN BEGIN TO TURN NW REACHING NEAR 24.4N
74.4W EARLY THU EVENING...TO NEAR 25.3N 74.5W EARLY FRI MORNING
AND TO NEAR 28.5N 73.5W EARLY SAT WITH MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 100
KT GUSTS 120 KT. LARGE NE SWELL WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS N
PORTIONS OF THE AREA AND SPREAD SW THROUGH THE UPCOMING WEEKEND.

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING...

.THIS AFTERNOON...NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N...AND NW TO N
15 TO 20 KT N OF 27N. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT S OF 27N...AND 4 TO 8 FT N
OF 27N. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS.
.TONIGHT...NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT S OF 27N...AND 4 TO
10 FT N OF 27N. 
.THU...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. S OF 27N...NW WINDS
15 TO 20 KT. N OF 27N...NW TO N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...INCREASING TO
20 TO 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT S OF 27N...AND 7 TO
11 FT INN E TO SE SWELL N OF 27N .
.THU NIGHT...HURRICANE CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. S OF 27N...NW WINDS
15 TO 20 KT. N OF 27N...NW TO N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...INCREASING TO
25 TO 30 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 FT S OF 27N...AND 8 TO 13 FT IN 
E TO SE SWELL N OF 27N.
.FRI...HURRICANE CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. W TO NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT S
OF 27N...AND NW TO N 30 TO 35 KT N OF 27N. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT S OF
27N...AND 5 TO 13 FT N OF 27N. 
.FRI NIGHT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. 
.SAT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. 
.SAT NIGHT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. 
.SUN...W WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N...AND W 15 TO 20 KT N OF 27N.
SEAS 5 TO 8 FT IN NE SWELL S OF 27N...AND 8 TO 12 FT IN SE SWELL
N OF 27N.