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FZNT25 KNHC 030841
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
341 AM EST FRI JAN 3 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...A COLD FRONT EXTENDING FROM 26N82W TO 21N90W TO 17N93W
WILL PUSH SE OF THE GULF BY THIS AFTERNOON. GALE FORCE CONDITIONS
IMMEDIATELY BEHIND THE FRONT WILL ALSO DIMINISH BY THIS AFTERNOON.
WINDS WILL FURTHER DIMINISH WITH SEAS SIGNIFICANTLY SUBSIDING BY
SAT MORNING AS SOUTHERLY RETURN FLOW SETS UP IN ADVANCE OF THE
NEXT COLD FRONT. THAT COLD FRONT WILL ENTER THE NW WATERS BY SUN
AFTERNOON REACHING FROM TAMPA BAY FLORIDA TO THE SW GULF NEAR
18N95W BY MON MORNING...PUSHING SE OF THE GULF MON EVENING. STRONG
SOUTHERLY RETURN FLOW WILL SET UP ACROSS THE NW GULF WATERS BY TUE
NIGHT.

...GALE WARNING...

.TODAY...N WINDS 25 TO 35 KT...BECOMING NE 20 TO 25 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT...BUILDING TO 7 TO 10 FT IN THE
AFTERNOON.
.TONIGHT...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 4 TO 6 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT...SUBSIDING TO
2 TO 4 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.SUN...SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.MON...N WINDS 25 TO 30 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT.
.TUE...NE WINDS 25 TO 30 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...A COLD FRONT EXTENDING FROM 31N77W TO 28N81W WILL
REACH FROM 31N68W TO 27N73W TO 23N81W THIS AFTERNOON...THEN WILL
STALL FROM 27N66W TO 22N78W LATE TONIGHT BEFORE LIFTING BACK N AS
A WARM FRONT BY LATE SAT NIGHT BEFORE IT DISSIPATES SUN. GALE
FORCE WINDS IN THE NW ZONES WILL DIMINISH THIS AFTERNOON. 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 STALL FROM 27N65W TO THE WINDWARD PASSAGE ON
TUE.

...GALE WARNING...

.TODAY...N OF 27N W OF FRONT...NW WINDS 25 TO 35 KT...BECOMING N
20 TO 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 9 TO 14 FT. ELSEWHERE...NW
WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 8 FT.
.TONIGHT...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.SAT...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 4 TO 6
FT.
.SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.SUN...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.MON...SW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT...BECOMING NW 25 TO 30 KT BEHIND
FRONT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT...BUILDING TO 6 TO 9 FT BEHIND FRONT.
.TUE...N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT.