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FZNT25 KNHC 010240
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
940 PM EST FRI FEB 28 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 WEAKENING STATIONARY FRONT FROM THE LOWER STRAITS
OF FLORIDA TO JUST NE OF THE YUCATAN PENINSULA WILL DISSIPATE
FRI. A RIDGE WILL BECOME STATIONARY FROM THE FLORIDA BIG BEND TO
THE TEXAS COASTAL BEND TONIGHT INTO SUN. ANOTHER COLD FRONT IS
FORECAST TO EMERGE INTO THE NW GULF EARLY MON. THIS FRONT WILL
QUICKLY REACH FROM THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE TO THE BAY OF CAMPECHE
LATE MON...FROM SW FLORIDA TO EASTERN BAY OF CAMPECHE BY LATE
TUE...AND STALL INTO WED. 

.OVERNIGHT...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT...SUBSIDING TO
1 TO 2 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
.SAT...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...INCREASING TO 10 TO 15 KT
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT...BUILDING TO 2 TO 3 FT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. 
.SUN...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.MON...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.TUE...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.WED...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...A COLD FRONT EXTENDS FROM 31N62W TO 26N72W THEN
BECOMES STATIONARY TO NW CUBA. WEAK LOW PRES WILL FORM ALONG THE
NORTHERN PORTION OF THE FRONT LATE TONIGHT...AND QUICKLY TRACK
NEWD INTO EARLY FRI. THE FRONT SLOW DOWN AND WEAKEN AS IT REACHES
FROM NEAR 27N65W TO THE WINDWARD PASSAGE DURING SAT...AND ACROSS
THE FAR SE WATERS SUN AND SUN AS A FRONTAL TROUGH. RECENTLY 
DEVELOPED 1014 MB LOW PRES N OF THE BAHAMAS NEAR 30N76W WILL 
MOVE EASTWARD THROUGH SAT AND MERGE WITH A SECONDARY COLD FRONT 
JUST N OF THE AREA. THIS SECONDARY COLD FRONT WILL MOVE E AND 
MERGE WITH THE FIRST FRONT BY SUN. HIGH PRES WILL BUILD ACROSS 
THE AREA LATE SUN INTO MON. A THIRD COLD FRONT WILL MOVE OFF THE 
SE U.S. COAST LATE MON NIGHT INTO EARLY TUE...AND WEAKEN AS IT 
REACHES FROM NEAR 31N70W TO THE NORTHERN BAHAMAS LATE TUE...AND 
OVER THE FAR SE WATERS WED.

.OVERNIGHT...N WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.SAT...S OF 27N...N WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. N OF 27N...N WINDS 10 TO
15 KT...DIMINISHING TO 5 TO 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 TO
4 FT...BUILDING TO 3 TO 5 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. 
.SAT NIGHT...S OF 27N...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. N OF 27N...N WINDS
10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING NE 5 TO 10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 TO
5 FT. 
.SUN...S OF 27N...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. N OF 27N...NE WINDS
10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING E 5 TO 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 TO
5 FT. 
.SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT...BUILDING TO
3 TO 5 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
.MON...S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.
.TUE...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.WED...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.