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FZNT27 KNHC 181535
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1135 AM EDT THU OCT 18 2012

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

.SYNOPSIS...WEAK HIGH PRES EXTENDING FROM THE WESTERN ATLC SW TO
THE CENTRAL GULF WILL E OF THE AREA BY TONIGHT AS A COLD FRONT
JUST OFFSHORE THE TEXAS COAST QUICKLY MOVES ACROSS THE GULF
REACHING FROM N CENTRAL FLORIDA TO 26N90W AND STATIONARY TO FAR
S TEXAS FRI MORNING...AND FROM NEAR TAMPA FLORIDA TO 26N90W AND
WEAKENING STATIONARY TO S TEXAS BY FRI EVENING. THE FRONT WILL
THEN DISSIPATE FROM S FLORIDA TO NEAR 24N90W BY SAT EVENING
WHILE THE WESTERN PORTION LIFTS N OVER THE FAR WESTERN WATERS.
WEAK HIGH PRES N OF THE AREA WILL ADVANCE EASTWARD SAT AND SUN
WITH A RIDGE SW ACROSS THE GULF. THE INTERACTION BETWEEN THE
RIDGE AND LOW PRES OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS WILL BRING INCREASING
RETURN FLOW ACROSS THE WESTERN WATERS SAT THROUGH MON. 

NORTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO

.THIS AFTERNOON...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. ISOLATED
SHOWERS.
.TONIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. ISOLATED SHOWERS.
.FRI...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. ISOLATED SHOWERS.
.FRI NIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING E 5 TO 10 KT
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.SAT...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.SUN...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.MON...E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 

NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO

.THIS AFTERNOON...SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS.
.TONIGHT...W WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING W TO NW 10 TO 15 KT
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND TSTMS.
.FRI...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. ISOLATED SHOWERS
AND TSTMS.
.FRI NIGHT...N TO NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.SAT...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. 
.SUN...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.MON...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.