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FZNT25 KNHC 032057
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
357 PM 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...THE NEXT COLD FRONT ENTERING THE NW GULF WATERS ON SUN
AFTERNOON...REACH FROM TAMPA BAY FLORIDA TO THE BAY OF CAMPECHE
EARLY MON...AND RACE THROUGH THE FLORIDA STRAITS LATE MON. 

.TONIGHT...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT...SUBSIDING TO
5 TO 7 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SCATTERED SHOWERS. 
.SAT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT...SUBSIDING TO 4 TO
6 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. 
.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...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING S 5 TO 10 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.SUN NIGHT...SW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING W 10 TO 15 KT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. 
.MON...N WINDS 25 TO 30 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. 
.TUE...NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. 
.WED...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...A COLD FRONT FROM BERMUDA TO NW CUBA WILL STALL FROM
27N65W TO CENTRAL CUBA TONIGHT...THEN LIFT BACK N ACROSS THE
BAHAMA CHANNEL AS A WARM FRONT ON SAT GRADUALLY DISSIPATING ON
SUN. 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 MON AND PASSING THROUGH THE AREA ON MON EVENING.

.TONIGHT...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 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 3 TO
5 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SUN...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.SUN NIGHT...S OF 27N...S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...INCREASING TO 10 TO
15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. N OF 27N...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING
SW 15 TO 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.MON...W WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.TUE...N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.WED...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT.