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FZNT25 KNHC 170921
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
421 AM EST MON FEB 17 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...RIDGE EXTENDING FROM NE GULF TO W CENTRAL GULF WILL
PREVAIL THROUGH THU. RETURN FLOW ACROSS W PORTIONS WILL
STRENGTHEN THU AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT APPROACHING FROM THE NW.
COLD FRONT EXPECTED TO ENTER TEXAS COASTAL WATERS EARLY FRI AND
REACH FROM FL PANHANDLE TO W BAY OF CAMPECHE BY LATE FRI WITH
STRONG N TO NE FLOW EXPECTED BEHIND FRONT. 

.TODAY...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.TONIGHT...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT...BUILDING TO 2 TO 4 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
.TUE...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.TUE NIGHT...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.WED...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.THU...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.FRI...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...COLD FRONT HAS BEGUN TO STALL FROM 26N65W THROUGH SE
BAHAMAS TO E CUBA NEAR 21N77W...AND WILL MEANDER AND SLOWLY
DISSIPATE THROUGH LATE TUE. LARGE NW SWELL BEHIND FRONT WILL
SPREAD SE AND INTO SE PORTIONS BY THIS AFTERNOON AND THROUGH
CARIBBEAN PASSAGES THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. HIGH PRES WILL MOVE
E AND INTO NW ATLC THU AND FRI AND STRENGTHEN TRADEWINDS S OF
25N.

.TODAY...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N...AND NE 5 TO 10 KT N OF
27N. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT...BUILDING TO 2 TO 4 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. 
.TONIGHT...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT S OF 27N...AND SE 5 TO 10 KT N OF
27N. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT...BUILDING TO 3 TO 5 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
.TUE...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N...AND S 5 TO 10 KT N OF 27N.
SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.TUE NIGHT...S OF 27N...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT... DIMINISHING TO
10 TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. N OF 27N...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS
2 TO 4 FT. 
.WED...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.THU...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.FRI...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.