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FZNT25 KNHC 042111
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
411 PM 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...A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE NW GULF
AROUND MIDDAY SUN...REACH FROM THE FLORIDA BIG BEND TO THE
CENTRAL BAY OF CAMPECHE ON MON MORNING...THEN RACE SE THROUGH THE
FLORIDA STRAITS ON MON EVENING. GALE WINDS WILL DEVELOP BEHIND
THE FRONT OVER THE S CENTRAL GULF WATERS ON MON WITH NEAR GALE
CONDITIONS EXPECTED ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE GULF BEGINNING
LATE SUN NIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH MON. 
 
...GALE WARNING...

.TONIGHT...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS. 
.SUN...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.SUN NIGHT...W WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT...SUBSIDING TO
1 TO 2 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
.MON...NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...INCREASING TO 25 TO 30 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT...BUILDING TO 5 TO 7 FT IN THE
AFTERNOON. 
.MON NIGHT...N WINDS 25 TO 30 KT INCREASING TO 30 TO 35 KT ACROSS
THE GULF OF MEXICO APPROACH TO YUCATAN CHANNEL. SEAS 8 TO 11
FT...BUILDING TO 8 TO 13 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT.
.TUE...NE WINDS 25 TO 30 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. 
.WED...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.THU...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...A FRONTAL TROUGH FROM 26N65W TO SE FLORIDA WILL
CONTINUE TO LIFT N TONIGHT AS A WARM FRONT...AND GRADUALLY
DISSIPATE IN THE SOUTHERLY RETURN FLOW SETTING UP ACROSS THE ATLC
N OF BAHAMAS TONIGHT...ALL AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT MOVING OFF THE
GEORGIA COAST ON MON AND PASSING THOUGH THE AREA MON EVENING.

.TONIGHT...S OF 27N...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING SE 15 TO
20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. N OF 27N...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO
5 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS. 
.SUN...S OF 27N...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. N OF 27N...S WINDS 15 TO
20 KT...DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 TO
6 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.SUN NIGHT...S OF 27N...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT... DIMINISHING TO
5 TO 10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. N OF 27N...SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS
3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.MON...S OF 27N...SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. N OF 27N...SW WINDS
15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING W 20 TO 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 TO
5 FT. 
.MON NIGHT...S OF 27N...NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT... BECOMING N 25 TO
30 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. N OF 27N...NW WINDS 25 TO 30 KT. SEAS 5 TO
7 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.TUE...N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. 
.WED...NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.THU...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.