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FZNT27 KNHC 030246
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1046 PM EDT TUE JUL 2 2013

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

.SYNOPSIS...A WEAKENING FRONTAL TROUGH FROM COASTAL ALABAMA TO
THE UPPER MEXICAN COAST WILL BEGIN TO LIFT TO THE NW AND SLOWLY
DISSIPATE LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THU. A RIDGE ALONG 24N WILL SHIFT
N AS THE FRONT DISSIPATES. A WEAK SURFACE TROUGH OVER THE
YUCATAN PENINSULA WILL MOVE SLOWLY W ACROSS THE E BAY OF
CAMPECHE TONIGHT...THEN W-NW ACROSS THE WESTERN GULF WED THROUGH
FRI. THE TROUGH MAY APPROACH THE TEXAS COAST LATE FRI INTO SAT
ACCOMPANIED BY UNSETTLED WEATHER. THE N PORTION OF A TROPICAL
WAVE ACROSS THE NW CARIBBEAN WILL MOVE NW ACROSS THE YUCATAN
CHANNEL EARLY TONIGHT AND ACROSS THE SE GULF WED ACCOMPANIED BY
ACTIVE WEATHER. 

NORTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO

.OVERNIGHT...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. SLIGHT CHANCE OF
SHOWERS. 
.WED...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. SLIGHT CHANCE OF
TSTMS. 
.WED NIGHT...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. SLIGHT CHANCE OF
TSTMS. 
.THU...E WINDS LESS THAN 5 KT...INCREASING TO 5 TO 10 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT...BUILDING TO 2 TO 3 FT IN THE
AFTERNOON. 
.THU NIGHT...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.FRI...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SAT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SUN...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.  

NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO

.OVERNIGHT...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...INCREASING TO 10 TO 15 KT
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS.
.WED...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT...BUILDING TO 3 TO
5 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. SCATTERED TSTMS. 
.WED NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING S 15 TO 20 KT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.THU...S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. SCATTERED TSTMS. 
.THU NIGHT...S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KT
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.FRI...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.SAT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SUN...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.