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FZNT25 KNHC 040828
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
328 AM EST SAT JAN 4 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...SE RETURN FLOW IN THE NW GULF AROUND HIGH PRES WILL
SPREAD ACROSS THE WATERS W OF 90W BY TONIGHT IN ADVANCE OF A STRONG
COLD FRONT. THE FRONT WILL ENTER THE NW WATERS SUN MORNING
EXTENDING FROM 30N93W TO 26.5N97W BY SUN AFTERNOON...FROM 30N86W
TO 23N95W TO 21N97W BY LATE SUN NIGHT...PUSHING SE OF THE GULF BY
MON EVENING. GALE WINDS WILL ARRIVE BEHIND THE FRONT OVER THE W
CENTRAL AND SW GULF WITH AT LEAST NEAR GALE CONDITIONS ACROSS
THE REMAINDER OF THE GULF LATE SUN NIGHT AND MON. SOUTHERLY
RETURN FLOW WILL SET UP ACROSS THE NW GULF WATERS ON TUE AND
SPREAD E ACROSS THE WATERS W OF 90W BY WED NIGHT.

.TODAY...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT...SUBSIDING TO 3 TO
5 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. SCATTERED TSTMS. 
.TONIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED TSTMS. 
.SUN...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING S 5 TO 10 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.SUN NIGHT...SW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT...SUBSIDING TO
1 TO 2 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
.MON...N WINDS 25 TO 30 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT...BUILDING TO 8 TO 13
FT IN THE AFTERNOON. 
.TUE...NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 7 TO 11 FT.
.WED...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT.

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...A COLD FRONT FROM 27N65W TO CENTRAL CUBA IS STALLING
AND WILL LIFT BACK N AS A WARM FRONT LATER TODAY...GRADUALLY
DISSIPATING IN THE SOUTHERLY RETURN FLOW SETTING UP ACROSS THE
ATLC WATERS N OF BAHAMAS TONIGHT...ALL AHEAD OF ANOTHER COLD
FRONT MOVING OFF THE GEORGIA COAST ON MON. THIS STRONG FRONT WILL
REACH FROM BERMUDA TO THE WINDWARD PASSAGE ON TUE AND STALL ACROSS
THE WATERS ON WED.

.TODAY...S OF 27N...E WINDS 15 TO 25 KT...DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15
KT IN THE AFTERNOON. N OF 27N...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT...
SUBSIDING TO 3 TO 5 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. IN THE GULF STREAM...SEAS
7 TO 9 FT OCCASIONALLY TO 12 FT.
.TONIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N...AND E 15 TO 20 KT N OF
27N. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT...BUILDING TO 4 TO 7 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. IN THE
GULF STREAM...SEAS 4 TO 6 FT OCCASIONALLY TO 8 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS.
.SUN...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.SUN NIGHT...S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT S OF 27N...AND SW 10 TO 15 KT N
OF 27N. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.MON...N OF 27N...SW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT...BECOMING NW TO N 20 TO
30 KT BEHIND FRONT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT...BUILDING TO 7 TO 11 FT BEHIND
FRONT. S OF 27N...S TO SW WINDS 5 TO 15 KT...BECOMING NW TO N 25
TO 30 KT BEHIND FRONT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT...BUILDING TO 7 TO 10 FT
BEHIND FRONT.
.TUE...N WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT...HIGHER IN THE GULF
STREAM.
.WED...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT.