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FZNT25 KNHC 130908
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
408 AM EST MON JAN 13 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 STATIONARY FRONT IS DISSIPATING OVER THE FAR SE
GULF WHILE HIGH IS PRESENT ELSEWHERE. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE
INTO THE NW GULF THIS MORNING...AND QUICKLY REACH FROM NEAR SE
LOUISIANA TO NE MEXICO BY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...FROM
APALACHICOLA BAY TO INLAND THE NE YUCATAN PENINSULA BY EARLY
TUE...THEN WEAKEN AS IT EXITS TO JUST SE OF THE GULF BY EARLY
TUE NIGHT. ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF
TUE NIGHT...AND THROUGH THE EASTERN GULF WED. STRONG HIGH PRES
WILL BUILD ACROSS THE AREA IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT LATE WED AND
THU BRING FRESH TO STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS TO THE AREA. THE HIGH
WILL SLIDE EASTWARD WHILE WEAKENING THU AND FRI ALLOWING FOR
RETURN FLOW TO SET UP OVER THE FAR WESTERN GULF. YET ANOTHER
COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF ON FRI. 

.TODAY...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING SE TO S 5 TO 10 KT
IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.
.TONIGHT...S TO SW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...EXCEPT BECOMING NW 10 TO 15
KT FAR NW PART LATE. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
ISOLATED TSTMS FAR NW PART LATE. ISOLATED SHOWERS ELSEWHERE.
.TUE...W WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING NW 15 TO 20 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. ISOLATED SHOWERS. 
.TUE NIGHT...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT...BUILDING TO
3 TO 5 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. ISOLATED SHOWERS. 
.WED...NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.THU...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.FRI...NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...A COLD FRONT EXTENDS FROM 31N65W TO THE CENTRAL
BAHAMAS WHERE IT BECOMES A DISSIPATING STATIONARY FRONT TO ALONG 
THE NW COAST OF CUBA. THE COLD FRONT PORTION WILL CONTINUE MOVING
E AND DISSIPATE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ANOTHER COLD
FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE NW PORTION EARLY ON TUE...AND EXTEND
FROM NEAR 31N76W TO WESTERN CUBA BY TUE NIGHT...FROM NEAR 31N74W
TO CENTRAL CUBA EARLY WED...AND FROM NEAR 31N71W TO EASTERN CUBA
BY EARLY THU. THE FRONT WILL WEAKEN AS IT REACHES FROM NEAR
31N66W TO THE SE BAHAMAS AND STATIONARY TO NEAR EASTERN CUBA AND
THE WINDWARD PASSAGE LATE THU INTO FRI. HIGH PRES BEHIND THE
FRONT WILL WEAKEN THU AND FRI AS YET ANOTHER COLD FRONT APPROACHES
THE SE U.S. COAST.

.TODAY...S OF 27N...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING SE 5 TO 10 KT
IN THE AFTERNOON. N OF 27N...SE TO S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO
4 FT.
.TONIGHT...S OF 27N...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. N OF
27N...S TO SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS FAR W PART N OF 27N.
.TUE...S OF 27N...SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. N OF 27N...SW WINDS
15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT S OF 27N...AND 5 TO 7 FT N OF 27N.
.TUE NIGHT...S OF 27N...S TO SW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. N OF 27N...W
WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING NW 10 TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3
TO 5 FT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT S OF 27N...AND 5 TO 7 FT N OF 27N.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS N OF 27N.
.WED...W WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.THU...NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. 
.FRI...NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.