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FZNT25 KNHC 150902
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
402 AM EST SAT FEB 15 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...FAST MOVING COLD FRONT EXTENDS FROM NEAR CENTRAL FL
PANHANDLE TO SE TEXAS EARLY THIS MORNING AND WILL MOVE SE AND
REACH STRAITS OF FL TO 25N90W BY THIS EVENING. STRONG SW WINDS
AND RAPIDLY BUILDING SEAS WILL OCCUR THIS MORNING SE OF FRONT.
WEAK HIGH PRES BEHIND THE FRONT WILL REMAIN OVER NE WATERS
THROUGH SUN NIGHT BEFORE SHIFTING E TO ALONG 80W THROUGH TUE.
MODERATE SE TO S RETURN FLOW WILL PREVAIL OVER MOST OF THE
REGION MON THROUGH WED. 

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

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...STALLED FRONTAL BOUNDARY HAS BEGUN TO DRIFT NW...AND
EXTENDS FROM 31N66W THROUGH CENTRAL BAHAMAS TO W CENTRAL CUBA
WILL LIFT N AND DISSIPATE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. A STRONG COLD
FRONT WILL ENTER NW WATERS THIS MORNING WITH SW GALES EXPECTED N
OF 28N E OF FRONT...AND STRONG W GALES BEHIND FRONT LATE THIS
MORNING AND AFTERNOON. FRONT WILL MOVE SE AND REACH FROM 30N70W
TO FL KEYS EARLY THIS EVENING WITH GALES SHIFTING N OF AREA.
FRONT TO CONTINUE MOVING SE TONIGHT AND REACH FROM 27N65W TO SE
BAHAMAS SUN EVENING THEN STALL AND BEGIN TO DISSIPATE FROM 25N65W
TO E CUBA MON EVENING.

...GALE WARNING...

.TODAY...S OF 27N...W WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. N OF 27N...W WINDS 25 TO
30 KT...INCREASING TO 30 TO 35 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 TO
6 FT...BUILDING TO 6 TO 9 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. 
.TONIGHT...S OF 27N...NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING N 5 TO
10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. N OF 27N...NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...
DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT...
SUBSIDING TO 4 TO 6 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
.SUN...S OF 27N...N WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. N OF 27N...NW WINDS 5 TO
10 KT...INCREASING TO 10 TO 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 TO
5 FT...SUBSIDING TO 2 TO 4 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. 
.SUN NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N...AND NW 5 TO 10 KT N
OF 27N. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.MON...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.TUE...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.WED...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.