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FZNT25 KNHC 020841
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
341 AM EST THU JAN 2 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 NEAR 24N94W EXTENDS WARM FRONT NE TO
CENTRAL FLORIDA. THE LOW WILL RAPIDLY MOVE NE AND INLAND NEAR
THE FLORIDA BIG BEND EARLY TODAY 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 LATE. THIS COLD FRONT
WILL RAPIDLY SHIFT ACROSS THE GULF WATERS AND SHIFT SE OF THE
AREA MON NIGHT. 

.TODAY...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. 
.TONIGHT...W WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...BECOMING N 25 TO 30 KT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT...BUILDING TO 3 TO 5 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.FRI...N WINDS 25 TO 30 KT...BECOMING NE 20 TO 25 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. 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 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.SUN...SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.MON...N WINDS 25 TO 30 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...A WARM FRONT EXTENDING E TO W ALONG 28N WILL LIFT N
AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT MOVING OFF THE SE GEORGIA COAST TODAY. THE
FRONT WILL REACH FROM BERMUDA TO THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA FRI
LATE...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 CONDITIONS POSSIBLE...

.TODAY...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...BUILDING TO 4 TO 6 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. 
.TONIGHT...S OF 27N...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING SW 15 TO
20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. N OF 27N...SW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...BECOMING
W 25 TO 35 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND ISOLATED TSTMS.
.FRI...S OF 27N...NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. N OF 27N...NW WINDS
25 TO 30 KT...BECOMING N 20 TO 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 5 TO
7 FT...SUBSIDING TO 4 TO 6 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. 
.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...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.MON...NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT.