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FZNT25 KNHC 090834
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
334 AM EST THU JAN 9 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 TIGHT PRES GRADIENT BETWEEN HIGH PRES OVER THE SE
U.S. AND LOW PRES OVER TEXAS HAS BROUGHT FRESH TO STRONG SE
RETURN FLOW ACROSS THE NW GULF THAT WILL DIMINISH SLIGHTLY BY
LATER THIS MORNING...WITH MODERATE TO FRESH RETURN FLOW MOST
ELSEWHERE ACROSS THE GULF THROUGH FRI. THE NEXT COLD FRONT WILL
MOVE OFF THE TEXAS COAST EARLY SAT QUICKLY REACHING FROM THE
FLORIDA BIG BEND TO THE SW GULF SAT NIGHT AND DISSIPATE IN THE SE
GULF SUN BEFORE SENDING A REMNANT TROUGH W TO THE S CENTRAL GULF
LATE SUN. ANOTHER FRONT MAY MOVE THROUGH THE GULF MON.

.TODAY...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KT IN
THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT...SUBSIDING TO 3 TO 5 FT IN THE
AFTERNOON.
.TONIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.FRI...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.FRI NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.
.SAT...SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.SUN...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.MON...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...A STATIONARY FRONT EXTENDS FROM 29N65W TO 27N72W
THEN WARM TO S FLORIDA NEAR 26N80W. THE FRONT WILL CONTINUE N AS
A WARM FRONT THROUGH FRI...PASSING ACROSS 31N ON FRI NIGHT. HIGH
PRES BUILDS NE OF THE AREA SAT. A NEW COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO
THE NW PORTION LATE SAT...EXTENDING FROM BERMUDA TO THE STRAITS
OF FLORIDA LATE SUN AND DISSIPATING ON MON.

.TODAY...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N...AND E 15 TO 25 KT N OF
27N. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS.
.TONIGHT...S OF 27N...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. N OF 27N...E WINDS
20 TO 25 KT...DIMINISHING TO 15 TO 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS
5 TO 7 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.FRI...S OF 27N...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. N OF 27N...SE WINDS
15 TO 20 KT...DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS
5 TO 7 FT...SUBSIDING TO 4 TO 6 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. ISOLATED
TSTMS. 
.FRI NIGHT...S OF 27N...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. N OF 27N...SE WINDS
5 TO 10 KT...INCREASING TO 10 TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 4 TO
6 FT. 
.SAT...S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.SUN...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.MON...S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT IN SE SWELL.