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FZNT25 KNHC 121527
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1027 AM EST WED FEB 12 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 EXTENDS FROM A 1010 MB LOW PRES LOCATED
NEAR 29N87W TO THE SW GULF JUST SOUTH OF POZA RICA MEXICO.
MINIMAL GALE FORCE WINDS ARE BLOWING BEHIND THE FRONT. THE LOW
PRES WILL MOVE RAPIDLY NE TODAY...MOVING NE OF THE AREA EARLY
TONIGHT. THIS WILL DRAG THE COLD FRONT RAPIDLY ACROSS THE GULF
WATERS...SHIFTING E OF THE AREA THU. HIGH PRES WILL BUILD IN THE
WAKE OF THE FRONT AND PREVAIL THROUGH SUN. 

.TODAY...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT...BUILDING TO 2 TO
3 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.TONIGHT...SW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING W 20 TO 25 KT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT...BUILDING TO 4 TO 6 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.THU...NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...DIMINISHING TO 15 TO 20 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.THU NIGHT...NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING N 5 TO 10 KT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT...SUBSIDING TO 3 TO 5 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT.
.FRI...NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.SAT...N WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.SUN...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...A STATIONARY FRONT WILL PREVAIL OVER THE NORTH WATERS
BEFORE LIFTING N AS A WARM FRONT BY TONIGHT. LOW PRES IN THE GULF
WATERS WILL SHIFT NW TOWARD THE MIDDLE ATLC STATES DRAGGING A
COLD FRONT INTO THE AREA TONIGHT. THE FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM NEAR
31N78W TO SOUTH FLORIDA BY THU MORNING AND RAPIDLY SHIFT EASTWARD
ACROSS THE FORECAST REGION REACHING FROM 31N66W TO CENTRAL CUBA
BY FRI MORNING WHERE IT WILL STALL AND BECOME DIFFUSE BY SAT.
MINIMAL GALE FORCE SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL SET UP AHEAD OF THE FRONT
N OF 29N W OF 76W TONIGHT...SPREADING EASTWARD THROUGH THU NIGHT.
A SECOND COLD FRONT WILL CLIP THE FAR NORTHERN WATERS SAT WITH
HIGH PRES BUILDING ACROSS THE ENTIRE BASIN SUN.

...GALE WARNING...

.TODAY...S OF 27N...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. N OF 27N...SE WINDS
10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING S 15 TO 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 TO
5 FT...BUILDING TO 4 TO 6 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. 
.TONIGHT...S OF 27N...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING SW 15 TO
20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. N OF 27N...S WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...BECOMING
SW 25 TO 35 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT...BUILDING TO 5 TO
7 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS.
.THU...W WINDS 20 TO 25 KT S OF 27N...AND W 25 TO 35 KT N OF 27N.
SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS.
.THU NIGHT...S OF 27N...NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...DIMINISHING TO 10
TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. N OF 27N...W WINDS 25 TO 30 KT...
BECOMING NW 15 TO 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT...
SUBSIDING TO 3 TO 5 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT.
.FRI...W WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SAT...N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SUN...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.