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FZNT25 KNHC 140933
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
433 AM EST TUE JAN 14 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 COLD FRONT FROM APALACHICOLA BAY SW TO 25N90W TO
VERACRUZ MEXICO. THE FRONT MOVE QUICKLY SE TO JUST SE OF THE
GULF EARLY THIS EVENING. THE NEXT COLD FRONT WILL PUSH INTO THE
NW GULF TONIGHT...AND ALSO QUICKLY MOVE SE ACROSS THE GULF WED.
HIGH PRES WILL BUILD ACROSS THE AREA IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT
LATE WED AND THU. 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 SWEEPS SE ACROSS THE
NORTHERN GULF LATE THU NIGHT INTO FRI. THIS FRONT IS EXPECTED TO
REACH FROM THE FLORIDA BIG BEND TO NEAR 26N90W AND TO FAR NE
MEXICO BY DAYBREAK FRI...AND TO THE FAR SE GULF FRI AFTERNOON
BEFORE EXITING THE GULF FRI NIGHT. WEAK HIGH PRES BEHIND THE
FRONT WILL MOVE EASTWARD FRI AND SAT. 

.TODAY...W WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING NW 15 TO 20 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT...BUILDING TO 3 TO 5 FT IN THE
AFTERNOON. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND TSTMS.
.TONIGHT...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. ISOLATED SHOWERS. 
.WED...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING NW 15 TO 20 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. ISOLATED SHOWERS.
.WED NIGHT...NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT...BUILDING TO
6 TO 9 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
.THU...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.FRI...NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.SAT...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE NW PORTION THIS
MORNING...AND EXTEND FROM NEAR 31N76W TO SE FLORIDA THIS
EVENING...FROM 31N74W TO CENTRAL CUBA BY DAYBREAK WED...THEN SLOW
DOWN SOME AS IT REACHES FROM NEAR 31N72W TO E/CENTRAL CUBA BY WED
EVENING...AND FROM NEAR 31N71W TO EASTERN CUBA BY EARLY THU. THE
FRONT WILL WEAKEN AS IT REACHES FROM NEAR 31N68W TO THE SE
BAHAMAS AND STATIOANRY TO VICINITY WINDWARD PASSAGE THU EVENING
INTO FRI...AND DISSIPATE INTO SAT. A STRONGER COLD FRONT WILL
MOVE ACROSS THE NW AND N CENTRAL WATERS LATE FRI NIGHT...AND
REACH FROM NEAR 28N65W TO THE WINDWARD PASSAGE BY LATE SAT AS IT
ALSO BEGINS TO WEAKEN. THIS FRONT WILL BE FOLLOWED BY STRONG HIGH
PRES.

...GALE CONDITIONS POSSIBLE E OF 78W THU...

.TODAY...SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N...AND SW 15 TO 20 KT N OF
27N. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT S OF 27N...AND 4 TO 6 FT N OF 27N BUILDING TO
6 TO 8 FT N OF 29N IN THE AFTERNOON. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
ISOLATED TSTMS N OF 27N. ISOLATED SHOWERS S OF 27N.
.TONIGHT...S OF 27N...W WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. N OF 27N...W WINDS
10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING NW 5 TO 10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. S OF 27N...SEAS
3 TO 5 FT SUBSIDING TO 2 TO 4 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. N OF 27N...SEAS
6 TO 8 FT. ISOLATED SHOWERS.
.WED...S OF 27N...W WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. N OF 27N...NW WINDS 5 TO
10 KT...BECOMING W 10 TO 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. S OF 27N...SEAS
2 TO 4 FT. N OF 27N...SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
ISOLATED TSTMS.
.WED NIGHT...S OF 27N...NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT... INCREASING TO
15 TO 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. N OF 27N...W WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...
INCREASING TO 25 TO 30 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. S OF 27N...SEAS 
4 TO 6 FT. N OF 27N...SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. ISOLATED SHOWERS.
.THU...NW WINDS 25 TO 30 KT...EXCEPT E OF 78W 25 TO 35 KT. SEAS 6
TO 9 FT W OF 78W...AND 8 TO 10 FT E OF 78W.
.FRI...NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.SAT...NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.