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FZNT27 KNHC 121449
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1049 AM EDT THU JUL 12 2012

...PLEASE REFER TO COASTAL WATERS FORECASTS (CWF) AVAILABLE
THROUGH NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER MEANS FOR DETAILED
COASTAL WATERS FORECASTS...

.SYNOPSIS...AN E TO W RIDGE EXTENDING ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF
IS SHIFTING SE IN ADVANCE OF A WEAK COLD FRONT THAT WILL DIP
INTO THE NW WATERS TODAY QUICKLY STALLING FROM THE MISSISSIPPI
DELTA TO NEAR 26N94W. THE RIDGE WILL REBUILD W TONIGHT PUSHING
REMNANTS OF THE FRONT NW OF AREA EARLY FRI. TROPICAL WAVE WILL
MOVE W THROUGH THE FLORIDA STRAITS TODAY INTO THE EASTERN GULF
LATE FRI INTO THE MIDDLE GULF LATE SAT AND SUN...THEN WEAKEN AS
IT PASSES THROUGH THE SW GULF ON MON. 

NORTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO

.THIS AFTERNOON...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.TONIGHT...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING SE 10 TO 15 KT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.FRI AND FRI NIGHT...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.
ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.SAT THROUGH MON...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. 

NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO

.THIS AFTERNOON...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...DIMINISHING TO LESS THAN
5 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.TONIGHT...SE WINDS LESS THAN 5 KT. SEAS 1 FOOT. ISOLATED TSTMS.
.FRI AND FRI NIGHT...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 FOOT. ISOLATED
TSTMS. 
.SAT THROUGH MON...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.