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FZNT25 KNHC 221546
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1046 AM EST WED JAN 22 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...COLD FRONT EXTENDS FROM NW CARIBBEAN ACROSS N
YUCATAN PENINSULA AND INTO EXTREME SE BAY OF CAMPECHE THIS
MORNING...AND WILL SHIFT FURTHER SE AND INLAND ACROSS MEXICO
LATE THIS AFTERNOON. HIGH PRES BEHIND FRONT ACROSS MS VALLEY
WILL SINK SE INTO NE GULF THIS EVENING...WITH WINDS AND SEAS
GRADUALLY DIMINISHING INTO WED. FRESH SOUTHERLY RETURN FLOW WILL
SET UP ACROSS THE NW WATERS TONIGHT AND THU. STRENGTHENING HIGH
PRESSURE WILL PUSH ANOTHER COLD FRONT INTO THE NORTHERN WATERS
ON THU WITH THE NORTHERLY FLOW INCREASING TO AROUND 30 KT OVER
THE NW WATERS THU LATE...THEN SHIFT S ACROSS EXTREME W CENTRAL
GULF WATERS THU NIGHT. WEAK LOW PRES WILL DEVELOP OVER THE
WESTERN GULF FRI NIGHT INTO SAT AND MOVE NE ON SAT NIGHT. 

.TODAY...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT...SUBSIDING TO 6 TO 8 FT IN THE
AFTERNOON. 
.TONIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT...SUBSIDING TO
3 TO 5 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
.THU...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.THU NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.FRI...NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.SAT...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.SUN...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...OLD FRONTAL TROUGH HAS BEGUN TO SHIFT E AS COLD
FRONT...EXTENDING FROM 31N64W TO FAR E CUBA LATE THIS MORNING... 
WITH STRONG TO GALE FORCE WINDS N OF 25N AND E OF FRONT.
CONDITIONS WILL SHIFT NE OUT OF AREA LATE TODAY. A SECOND COLD
FRONT EXTENDS FROM 31N67W TO W CENTRAL CUBA AND WILL SHIFT SE AND
GRADUALLY MERGE WITH EASTERN-MOST FRONT TONIGHT...AND STALL FROM
NEAR 27N65W TO E CUBA FRI...WHERE IT WILL MEANDER AND GRADUALLY
DISSIPATE THROUGH SAT. LARGE NW SWELL GENERATED BEHIND SECOND
FRONT WILL PROPAGATE ACROSS AREA WATERS THROUGH FRI THEN
GRADUALLY FADE THROUGH WEEKEND.

.TODAY...NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...DIMINISHING TO 15 TO 20 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT...SUBSIDING TO 5 TO 7 FT IN THE
AFTERNOON. 
.TONIGHT...S OF 27N...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...DIMINISHING TO 5 TO
10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. N OF 27N...NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...
DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT...
SUBSIDING TO 3 TO 5 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
.THU...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.THU NIGHT...S OF 27N...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. N OF 27N...NW WINDS
10 TO 15 KT...INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 TO
5 FT. 
.FRI...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.SAT...NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SUN...NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.