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FZNT25 KNHC 241542
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1042 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...COLD FRONT EXTENDS FROM NEAR VENICE FLORIDA W
THROUGH 26N95W THEN TURNS S TO JUST N OF VERACRUZ MEXICO...WITH
NORTHERLY GALES RACING SOUTHWARD W OF FRONT ACROSS THE MEXICAN
OFFSHORE WATERS...AND WILL MOVE INTO SW WATERS THIS AFTERNOON
THROUGH EARLY EVENING AS FRONT SHIFTS SE TO ALONG 94W. WEAK LOW
PRES WILL DEVELOP OVER THE WESTERN GULF TONIGHT INTO SAT AND
MOVE E-NE ACROSS N PORTIONS 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 5 TO 7 FT...SUBSIDING TO 4 TO 6 FT IN THE
AFTERNOON. 
.TONIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. 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...SUBSIDING TO 2 TO 3 FT IN THE
AFTERNOON. 
.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...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...STATIONARY FRONT EXTENDING FROM 28N65W TO EASTERN
CUBA HAS BEEN DRIFTING NW THIS MORNING...AND WILL MEANDER THROUGH
THE WEEKEND BEFORE DISSIPATING. A COLD FRONT EXTENDS FROM 31N71W
TO CENTRAL FLORIDA WILL MOVE SE THROUGH TONIGHT AND STALL FROM
30N65W THROUGH NW BAHAMAS TO SE FLORIDA SAT MORNING THEN 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...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT...SUBSIDING 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...W WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...INCREASING TO
15 TO 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...S OF 27N...N WINDS 5 TO 10 KT... INCREASING TO 10 TO
15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. N OF 27N...W WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 3 TO
5 FT...BUILDING TO 4 TO 6 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
.SUN...NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.MON...S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.TUE...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.