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FZNT25 KNHC 202131
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
431 PM 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 COLD FRONT MOVING THROUGH TEXAS WILL ENTER
THE NW GULF WATERS TONIGHT...REACH FROM NEAR PANAMA CITY FLORIDA
TO THE FAR SW GULF BY EARLY FRI...THEN STALL AND WEAKEN FROM THE
FLORIDA BIG BEND AREA THROUGH THE CENTRAL GULF BY EARLY SAT.
THE FRONT WILL DRIFT INTO THE NE GULF AND BECOME DIFFUSE THROUGH
LATE SAT...WITH LIGHT E TO SE FLOW PERSISTING OVER MOST OF THE
GULF INTO MON. ANOTHER FRONT WILL SKIRT THE NORTHERN GULF MON THEN
SHIFT E TUE.

.TONIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT...SUBSIDING TO
2 TO 4 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
.FRI...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING S 5 TO 10 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.
.FRI NIGHT...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.
.SAT...SE WINDS LESS THAN 5 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...E WINDS LESS THAN 5 KT...INCREASING TO 5 TO 10 KT
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. 
.SUN...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. 
.MON...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 FT OR LESS. 
.TUE...SE 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.  

.TONIGHT...S OF 27N...SE 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. 
.FRI...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.FRI NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
.SAT...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING SE 5 TO 10 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...S OF 27N...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. N OF 27N...S WINDS
LESS THAN 5 KT...INCREASING TO 5 TO 10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS
2 TO 4 FT. 
.SUN...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.MON...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.TUE...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.