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FZNT25 KNHC 130222
OFFN04

NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
922 PM 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...1003 MB LOW PRES NEAR 30N85W EXTENDS A COLD FRONT
THROUGH 25N88W TO 18N92W. THE LOW AND FRONT WILL MOVE NE AND E
OF THE AREA BY THU EVENING. HIGH PRES WILL BUILD IN THE WAKE OF
THE FRONT AND PREVAIL THROUGH FRI. THE NEXT COLD FRONT WILL MOVE
ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF FRI NIGHT MOVING E OF THE AREA SAT
NIGHT. HIGH PRES DOMINATES THE GULF AGAIN SUN THROUGH MON. 

.TONIGHT...SW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING W 20 TO 25 KT BEHIND
FRONT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT. SCATTERED TSTMS.
.THU...NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...DIMINISHING TO 15 TO 20 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. 
.THU NIGHT...NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING N 5 TO 10 KT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT...SUBSIDING TO 4 TO 6 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT.
.FRI...NE WINDS LESS THAN 5 KT...SHIFTING TO SE IN THE AFTERNOON.
SEAS 3 TO 5 FT...SUBSIDING TO 2 TO 4 FT IN THE AFTERNOON.
.FRI NIGHT...SW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING W 10 TO 15 KT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.SAT...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.SUN...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.MON...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...A COLD FRONT FROM 31N79W TO 29N81W WILL STALL AFTER
MIDNIGHT...THEN WILL MOVE E AS A COLD FRONT AGAIN LATE TONIGHT.
THE FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM 31N75W TO 28N75W TO 25N76W TO 22N78W
THU EVENING...THEN WILL WEAKEN WHILE STRETCHING FROM 29N65W TO
24N71W FRI EVENING WHERE IT WILL DISSIPATE BY SAT MORNING. GALE
FORCE SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL SET UP AHEAD OF THE FRONT N OF 28N AFTER
MIDNIGHT SPREADING EASTWARD THROUGH THU NIGHT WHILE A BRIEF
PERIOD OF GALES ALSO FOLLOWS THE FRONT N OF 28N. THE NEXT COLD
FRONT WILL CLIP THE FAR NORTHERN WATERS SAT WITH HIGH PRES
BUILDING ACROSS THE ENTIRE BASIN SUN THROUGH MON.

...GALE WARNING N OF 28N...

.TONIGHT...S OF 28N...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING SW 20 TO 25
KT LATE. N OF 28N...S WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...BECOMING SW 25 TO 35 KT
LATE. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT...BUILDING TO 8 TO 13 FT LATE. NUMEROUS
SHOWERS AND SCATTERED TSTMS. WINDS AND SEAS HIGHER IN AND NEAR
TSTMS.
.THU...S OF 28N...SW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. N OF 28N...W WINDS 25 TO
35 KT. SEAS 7 TO 11 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS.
.THU NIGHT...S OF 28N...NW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT...DIMINISHING TO 10
TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. N OF 28N...W WINDS 25 TO 30 KT...BECOMING
NW 15 TO 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 6 TO 10 FT...SUBSIDING TO 4
TO 7 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT.
.FRI...S OF 27N...N WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...DIMINISHING TO LESS THAN
5 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. N OF 27N...NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING
W 5 TO 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT...SUBSIDING TO 2 TO
4 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. 
.FRI NIGHT...S OF 27N...S WINDS LESS THAN 5 KT...BECOMING SW 10
TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. N OF 27N...SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...
INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.
.SAT...NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SUN...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.MON...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.