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FZNT25 KNHC 040904
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
404 AM EST TUE FEB 4 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...WINDS WILL RAPIDLY VEER TO THE SE AND S ACROSS THE
ENTIRE BASIN TODAY AS A FRONT QUICKLY MOVES BACK TO THE NW AS A
WARM FRONT. THE NEXT COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE TEXAS COASTAL
WATERS LATER TODAY...THEN REACH FROM W FLORIDA PANHANDLE TO
TAMPICO MEXICO WED...THEN STALL THU MORNING THROUGH FRI MORNING
FROM NEAR SARASOTA FLORIDA TO 23N97W TO W BAY OF CAMPECHE...BEFORE
DRIFTING N AND INTO THE N GULF COASTAL WATERS THROUGH LATE SAT.

...DENSE FOG ADVISORY...

.TODAY...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT...BUILDING TO 2 TO
4 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. VISIBILITY LESS THAN 1 NM WITHIN 60 NM OF
COAST.
.TONIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.WED...S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.WED NIGHT...N WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING NE 10 TO 15 KT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT...BUILDING TO 2 TO 3 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
.THU...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.FRI...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.SAT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...A STRONG RIDGE EXTENDING FROM E TO W ALONG 30N
DOMINATES THE FORECAST REGION. THE FRONT IS FORECAST TO REACH THE
NW PORTION OF THE AREA WED EVENING AND MOVE SE...REACHING FROM
NEAR 31N74W TO S CENTRAL FLORIDA BY THU...WHERE IT WILL STALL...
THEN LIFT SLOWLY N TO NW AS A WARM FRONT THROUGH LATE FRI.
MODERATE TO FRESH SE TO S WINDS ARE EXPECTED AHEAD OF THE FRONT
ACROSS THE NW CORNER OF THE AREA TONIGHT.

.TODAY...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. 
.TONIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.WED...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.WED NIGHT...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT S OF 27N...AND SW 10 TO 15 KT N
OF 27N. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT...SUBSIDING TO 2 TO 4 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
.THU...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.FRI...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SAT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.