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FZNT25 KNHC 240831
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
331 AM EST FRI JAN 24 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 LIES FROM CEDAR KEY FLORIDA THROUGH
27N95W TO NE MEXICO...WITH GALE FORCE WINDS FOUND OVER NW WATERS
THIS MORNING AND SHIFTING SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE MEXICAN OFFSHORE
WATERS TODAY INTO EARLY TONIGHT. A WEAK LOW PRES WILL DEVELOP
OVER THE WESTERN GULF FRI NIGHT INTO SAT AND MOVE NE THROUGH SUN
BEFORE DISSIPATING OVER THE NE PART OF THE GULF. STRONG HIGH
PRES IS FORECAST TO PUSH ANOTHER COLD FRONT INTO THE N WATERS BY
MON...STRETCHING FROM TAMPA BAY TO THE FAR SW GULF LATE TUE. 

.TODAY...NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...DIMINISHING TO 15 TO 20 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.TONIGHT...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KT
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SAT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING N 5 TO 10 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.
.SAT NIGHT...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.SUN...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.MON...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.TUE...N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...A STATIONARY FRONT EXTENDS FROM 26N65W TO EASTERN 
CUBA...WHERE IT WILL MEANDER THROUGH THE WEEKEND BEFORE
DISSIPATING. A COLD FRONT EXTENDS FROM 31N76W TO 29N81W. THIS
COLD FRONT WILL STALL FROM 31N65W TO 29N77W EARLY SAT AND
DISSIPATE BY LATE SAT. ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP ACROSS THE N
WATERS LATE SAT AND SUN AND MERGE WITH THE REMNANTS OF THE
PREVIOUS FRONTS SUN NIGHT. THE RESULTANT WEAK BOUNDARY WILL
RETROGRADE INTO THE SE BAHAMAS MON INTO TUE. A THIRD COLD FRONT
WILL MOVE INTO NW WATERS LATE MON AND LIE FROM 31N74W TO CAPE
CANAVERAL TUE.

.TODAY...S OF 27N...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...INCREASING TO 15 TO
20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. N OF 27N...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO
4 FT...BUILDING TO 3 TO 5 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. 
.TONIGHT...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...
DIMINISHING TO 5 TO 10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SAT...S OF 27N...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING N 5 TO 10 KT IN
THE AFTERNOON. N OF 27N...NW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING W 15 TO
20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...S OF 27N...N WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING NW 10 TO
15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. N OF 27N...W WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 3 TO
5 FT. 
.SUN...NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.MON...S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.TUE...W WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.