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FZNT25 KNHC 010253
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
953 PM EST TUE DEC 31 2013

...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...WEAKENING STATIONARY FRONT EXTENDS FROM 24N80W TO
LOW PRESSURE AT 21N94W 1016 MB. THE LOW WILL LIFT N TO 26N94W
LATE WED DRAGGING REMNANTS OF THE FRONT N ACROSS THE CENTRAL
WATERS. THE LOW WILL THEN RACE NE AND INLAND NEAR THE FLORIDA
BIG BEND ON THU WHILE DRAGGING A STRONG COLD FRONT OFF THE TEXAS
COAST EARLY. THE FRONT WILL RACE SE THROUGH THE FLORIDA STRAITS
EARLY FRI. SOUTHERLY RETURN FLOW WILL SET UP ACROSS THE NW GULF
ON FRI NIGHT AND SAT. 

.TONIGHT...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. ISOLATED SHOWERS.
.WED...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT...SUBSIDING TO 3 TO 5 FT IN THE
AFTERNOON. ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.WED NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT...SUBSIDING TO
2 TO 4 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
.THU...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING SW 15 TO 20 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT...BUILDING TO 2 TO 4 FT IN THE AFTERNOON.
.THU NIGHT...NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING N 20 TO 25 KT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT...BUILDING TO 3 TO 5 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.FRI...NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. 
.SAT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SUN...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...A COLD FRONT EXTENDS FROM 30N65W ACROSS THE NW
BAHAMAS TO THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA. THE FRONT WILL STALL FROM
27N65W TO NW CUBA LATE TONIGHT AND DISSIPATE ON WED. A SECOND
COLD FRONT WILL MOVE OFF THE SE UNITED STATES COAST EARLY THU AND
REACH FROM BERMUDA TO CENTRAL CUBA ON FRI...THEN STALL AND
GRADUALLY DISSIPATE OVER THE SE WATERS ON SAT.

.TONIGHT...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT S OF 27N...AND NE 10 TO 15 KT N
OF 27N. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT...BUILDING TO 2 TO 4 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT.
ISOLATED SHOWERS. 
.WED...S OF 27N...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...DIMINISHING TO 10 TO
15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. N OF 27N...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO
3 FT. ISOLATED SHOWERS. 
.WED NIGHT...S OF 27N...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. N OF 27N...E WINDS
10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING S 15 TO 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO
3 FT...BUILDING TO 2 TO 4 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
.THU...S OF 27N...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. N OF 27N...S WINDS 15 TO
20 KT...BECOMING SW 20 TO 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
.THU NIGHT...S OF 27N...SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. N OF 27N...SW WINDS
20 TO 25 KT...BECOMING W 25 TO 30 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 4 TO
6 FT. 
.FRI...N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.SAT...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SUN...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.