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FZNT25 KNHC 012103
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
403 PM 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...LOW PRESSURE AT 23N95W WILL MOVE N TO NEAR 27N93W
LATE TONIGHT PULLING A WEAK WARM FRONT N ACROSS THE EASTERN AND
CENTRAL GULF WATERS. THE LOW WILL THEN MOVE NE AND INLAND NEAR
THE FLORIDA BIG BEND ON THU WHILE DRAGGING A STRONG COLD FRONT
SE ACROSS THE NW GULF OF MEXICO. THE FRONT WILL RACE ACROSS THE
CENTRAL WATERS THU NIGHT AND PASS 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 ON SUN AFTERNOON AND PASS THROUGH THE SE
WATERS ON MON. 

.TONIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT...SUBSIDING TO
2 TO 4 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
.THU...SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT...BUILDING TO 2 TO
4 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. 
.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.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.FRI...N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT...BUILDING TO 6 TO
9 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. 
.FRI NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT...SUBSIDING TO
5 TO 7 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
.SAT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SUN...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.MON...N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...A STATIONARY FRONT EXTENDING E TO W ALONG 27N WILL
BEGIN TO LIFT N AS A WEAK WARM FRONT TONIGHT AHEAD OF A COLD 
MOVING OFF THE SE GEORGIA COAST AROUND SUNRISE THU. THE FRONT
WILL REACH FROM BERMUDA TO THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA FRI
AFTERNOON...THEN STALL FROM 27N65W TO CENTRAL CUBA FRI NIGHT AND
GRADUALLY DISSIPATE THROUGH SAT. SOUTHERLY RETURN FLOW WILL SET
UP ACROSS THE ATLC WATERS N OF BAHAMAS ON SAT NIGHT AHEAD OF
ANOTHER COLD FRONT MOVING OFF THE GEORGIA COAST ON SUN
EVENING...AND STALLING FROM BERMUDA TO CENTRAL CUBA MON NIGHT.

...GALE WARNING...
...GALE CONDITIONS POSSIBLE...

.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. 
.THU...S OF 27N...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING S 15 TO 20 KT
IN THE AFTERNOON. N OF 27N...S WINDS 20 TO 25 KT INCREASING 30 TO
35 KT N OF 30N AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT. SEAS 3 TO 6 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 EXCEPT 30 TO 35 KT N OF 30N
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.
.FRI...S OF 27N...NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING N 20 TO 25 KT
IN THE AFTERNOON. N OF 27N...NW WINDS 25 TO 30 KT...BECOMING N
15 TO 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.FRI NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT...SUBSIDING TO
3 TO 5 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
.SAT...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SUN...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.MON...NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.