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FZNT25 KNHC 140909
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
409 AM EST FRI FEB 14 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...HIGH PRES HAS SETTLED ACROSS THE CENTRAL GULF IN THE
WAKE OF A COLD FRONT NOW SE OF THE AREA. NEXT COLD FRONT WILL
MOVE ACROSS THE NORTHERN AND EASTERN GULF TONIGHT AND SAT WITH
BRIEF PERIOD OF STRONG NW WINDS ACROSS NE PORTIONS EARLY SAT.
HIGH PRES WILL THEN DOMINATE THE GULF SUN THROUGH TUE. RETURN
FLOW TO SET UP ACROSS WESTERN GULF MON AND TUE. 

.TODAY...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING SE IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS
3 TO 5 FT...SUBSIDING TO 2 TO 4 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. 
.TONIGHT...W WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT...BUILDING TO 2 TO 4 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
.SAT...NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING NE 5 TO 10 KT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SUN...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.MON...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.TUE...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...COLD FRONT EXTENDING FROM 31N68.5W TO 22N77W WILL
MOVE E AND STALL FROM NEAR 28N65W TO EAST-CENTRAL CUBA THIS
EVENING THEN BEGIN TO DRIFT NW TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY SAT. GALE
FORCE WINDS N OF 29N W OF THE FRONT WILL ABATE EARLY THIS
MORNING. THE NEXT COLD FRONT WILL ENTER THE NW WATERS EARLY
SAT...WITH GALES N OF 27.5N OCCURRING ON BOTH SIDES OF FRONT AS
IT MOVES SE THROUGH SAT...REACHING FROM 31N69W TO EXTREME S
FLORIDA SAT EVENING THEN FROM 27N65W TO CENTRAL CUBA MON MORNING.
HIGH PRES WILL BUILD ACROSS THE ENTIRE BASIN SUN THROUGH TUE WITH
MODERATING WINDS AND SEAS.

...GALE WARNING...

.TODAY...S OF 27N...N WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING NE 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. 
.TONIGHT...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...
BUILDING TO 3 TO 5 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
.SAT...W WINDS 15 TO 20 KT S OF 27N...AND W 30 TO 35 KT N OF 27N.
SEAS 4 TO 6 FT...BUILDING TO 5 TO 7 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. 
.SAT NIGHT...S OF 27N...NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT... BECOMING N 5 TO
10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. N OF 27N...NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...
DIMINISHING TO 5 TO 10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT...
SUBSIDING TO 3 TO 5 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
.SUN...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.MON...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.TUE...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.