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FZNT25 KNHC 010846
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
346 AM EST WED JAN 1 2014

...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 THE STRAITS
OF FLORIDA TO LOW PRESSURE NEAR 21N94W 1016 MB. THE LOW WILL
LIFT N TO NEAR 26N94W LATE TODAY 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 AHEAD OF THE
NEXT COLD FRONT EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE NW GULF SUN NIGHT. 

.TODAY...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. 
.TONIGHT...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. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.THU NIGHT...NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING N 25 TO 30 KT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT...BUILDING TO 3 TO 5 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
.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...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...A STALLING COLD FRONT EXTENDS FROM 27N65W ACROSS THE
NW BAHAMAS TO THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA. THE FRONT WILL STALL AND
DISSIPATE BY LATE TONIGHT. A SECOND COLD FRONT WILL MOVE OFF THE
SE UNITED STATES COAST EARLY THU AND REACH FROM NEAR BERMUDA TO
THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA EARLY FRI...THEN FROM NEAR 27N65W TO
WESTERN CUBA LATE FRI WHERE IT WILL STALL AND GRADUALLY DISSIPATE
THROUGH SAT. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT.

...GALE CONDITIONS POSSIBLE...

.TODAY...S OF 27N...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...INCREASING TO 15 TO
20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. N OF 27N...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO
3 FT. 
.TONIGHT...S OF 27N...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT... DIMINISHING TO
10 TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. N OF 27N...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT.
SEAS 2 TO 3 FT...BUILDING TO 2 TO 4 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.THU...S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT S OF 27N...AND SW 20 TO 25 KT N OF
27N. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.THU NIGHT...SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N...AND W 25 TO 35 KT N
OF 27N. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT S OF 27N...8 TO 11 FT N OF 27N. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS.
.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...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.