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FZNT25 KNHC 222102
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
402 PM 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...HIGH PRES OVER SE LOUISIANA DOMINATES THE GULF
REGION. FRESH SOUTHERLY RETURN FLOW WILL SET UP ACROSS THE NW
WATERS TONIGHT AND THU. STRENGTHENING HIGH PRESSURE N OF AREA
WILL PUSH ANOTHER COLD FRONT INTO THE NORTHERN WATERS ON THU
WITH THE NORTHERLY FLOW INCREASING TO AROUND 30 KT OVER THE NW
WATERS LATE THU...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. 

.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...DIMINISHING TO 15 TO 20 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.FRI NIGHT...NE 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. 
.SAT...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.SUN...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.MON...W WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...AN OLD STATIONARY FRONT EXTENDS FROM 28N65W TO FAR E
CUBA. A NEW COLD FRONT STRETCHES FROM 31N67W TO E-CENTRAL CUBA.
THESE FRONTS ARE EXPECTED TO MERGE 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.

.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...BUILDING TO 5 TO
7 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. 
.FRI NIGHT...S OF 27N...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT... DIMINISHING TO
10 TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. N OF 27N...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...
BECOMING NE 5 TO 10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT...SUBSIDING
TO 4 TO 6 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
.SAT...NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SUN...NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.MON...SW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.