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FZNT25 KNHC 201528
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1028 AM EST THU FEB 20 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 WEAK RIDGE ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF WILL SHIFT
EASTWARD THROUGH EARLY FRI AS SOUTHERLY RETURN FLOW CONTINUES
OVER MUCH OF THE GULF. A COLD FRONT WILL QUICKLY MOVE OFF THE
TEXAS COAST TONIGHT...AND CONTINUE SE BEFORE STALLING AND
WEAKENING FROM W CENTRAL FLORIDA TO THE SW GULF BY FRI EVENING.
STRONG N TO NE WINDS WILL FOLLOW IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT THEN
DIMINISH BY FRI EVENING AS THE FRONT DRIFTS NORTH WHILE IT
DISSIPATES INTO SAT. HIGH PRES WILL BUILD FROM CENTRAL FLORIDA TO
THE NW GULF SUN. ANOTHER COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE
FAR NORTHERN GULF WATERS MON.

.THIS AFTERNOON...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...INCREASING TO 15 TO 20
KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT...BUILDING TO 3 TO 5 FT IN THE
AFTERNOON.
.TONIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. ISOLATED SHOWERS. 
.FRI...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...DIMINISHING TO 5 TO 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON.
SEAS 2 TO 4 FT...SUBSIDING TO 2 TO 3 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. ISOLATED 
SHOWERS.
.FRI NIGHT...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT...SUBSIDING TO
1 TO 2 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. ISOLATED SHOWERS. 
.SAT...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.SUN...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. 
.MON...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 FT OR LESS.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...A HIGH PRES RIDGE ALONG 30N WILL SHIFT EASTWARD
THROUGH FRI ALLOWING FOR A COLD FRONT TO MOVE OFF NE FLORIDA LATE
FRI. THE FRONT WILL THEN STALL FROM NEAR 31N78W TO 30N81W SAT.
THE FRONT WILL DRIFT N OF THE AREA SUN. A REINFORCING SURGE WILL
PUSH THE FRONT RAPIDLY EASTWARD ACROSS THE WATERS N OF 28N SUN
NIGHT THROUGH MON.  

.THIS AFTERNOON...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT S OF 27N...AND SE 10 TO 15
KT N OF 27N. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT...BUILDING TO 3 TO 5 FT IN THE
AFTERNOON.
.TONIGHT...S OF 27N...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. N OF 27N...SE WINDS
10 TO 15 KT...INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 TO
5 FT...BUILDING TO 4 TO 6 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
.FRI...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT...SUBSIDING TO 3 TO
5 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.FRI NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.SAT...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.SUN...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.MON...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.