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FZNT25 KNHC 030912
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
412 AM EST MON FEB 3 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 HAS ENTERED THE GULF WATERS AND EXTENDS
FROM SE LOUISIANA TO NEAR TAMPICO MEXICO. MINIMAL GALE FORCE
WINDS ARE BEHIND THE FRONT ACROSS THE FAR WEST-CENTRAL PORTION
OF THE GULF. GALES ARE EXPECTED TO SPREAD ACROSS THE SW GULF
THIS MORNING. THE FRONT WILL REACH FROM MOBILE AL TO NEAR
VERACRUZ MEXICO THIS MORNING THEN STALL FROM CENTRAL FLORIDA
PANHANDLE TO WESTERN BAY OF CAMPECHE...BEFORE DRIFTING NW AND
MOVING INLAND TUE. SOUTHERLY RETURN FLOW WILL AGAIN DOMINATE THE
ENTIRE BASIN TUE. THE NEXT COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE TEXAS
COASTAL WATERS LATE TUE REACHING FROM SW FLORIDA TO THE SW GULF
BY LATE WED WHERE IT WILL STALL THROUGH THU. 

...DENSE FOG ADVISORY...

.TODAY...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.TONIGHT...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...INCREASING TO 10 TO 15 KT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. VISIBILITY LESS THAN 1 NM WITHIN 60 NM
OF COAST.
.TUE...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.TUE NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT...SUBSIDING TO
2 TO 3 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
.WED...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.THU...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.FRI...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...STRONG ATLC RIDGE EXTENDS ALIGNED E TO W ALONG 31N
WILL WEAKEN SLIGHTLY TODAY AND TUE...THEN WILL REBUILD ON WED.
THE NEXT COLD FRONT IS FORECAST TO REACH THE NW PORTION OF THE
AREA BY LATE WED...EXTENDING FROM NEAR 31N72W TO SOUTH FLORIDA
LATE THU. THEN...THE FRONT WILL MOVE BACK TO THE N EXITING THE
FORECAST AREA BY FRI

...DENSE FOG ADVISORY...

.TODAY...S OF 27N...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. N OF 27N...S WINDS 10 TO
15 KT...DIMINISHING TO 5 TO 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 TO
5 FT. VISIBILITY LESS THAN 1 NM WITHIN 60 NM OF COAST.
.TONIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N...AND SE 5 TO 10 KT N OF
27N. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.TUE...S OF 27N...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. N OF 27N...SE WINDS 5 TO
10 KT...INCREASING TO 10 TO 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 TO
5 FT. 
.TUE NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.WED...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.THU...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.FRI...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.