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FZNT25 KNHC 030323
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1023 PM EST SUN MAR 2 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 COLD FRONT ALONG THE COAST OF TEXAS WILL MOVE INTO
THE NW GULF IN A FEW HOURS. MINIMAL GALE FORCE WINDS ARE
EXPECTED BEHIND THE FRONT TONIGHT AND MONDAY. THE FRONT WILL
REACH FROM SE LOUISIANA TO NE MEXICO EARLY MON MORNING...FROM
THE FLORIDA BIG BEND TO WESTERN BAY OF CAMPECHE LATE MON...AND
FROM SW FLORIDA TO A FRONTAL WAVE NEAR 24N96W TO THE CENTRAL BAY
OF CAMPECHE LATE TUE. THE FRONT WILL BEGIN TO LIFT N OVER THE
EASTERN GULF WED AS LOW PRES DEVELOPS ALONG THE FRONT IN THE
WESTERN GULF. THE LOW PRES IS FORECAST TO MOVE TO THE NE GULF
WITH THE ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT MOVING TO THE YUCATAN PENINSULA
LATE THU. THE LOW AND FRONT WILL THEN MOVE E OF THE GULF ON THU
NIGHT. 

.TONIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.MON...S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT...SUBSIDING TO 1 TO
2 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. 
.MON NIGHT...W WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING  NE AFTER MIDNIGHT.
SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. 
.TUE...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. 
.TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.
.WED...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. 
.THU...SW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.FRI...NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...HIGH PRES LOCATED N OF AREA NEAR 32N70W EXTENDS A
RIDGE ACROSS THE FORECAST WATERS. THE HIGH WILL SLIDE EASTWARD
WHILE WEAKENING ALLOWING FOR THE NEXT COLD FRONT TO MOVE OFF THE
SE U.S. COAST MON NIGHT. THE FRONT WILL REACH FROM 31N74W TO NEAR
CAPE CANAVERAL EARLY TUE MORNING AND FROM 31N70W TO 27N80W TUE
NIGHT. THEN...THE FRONT WILL LIFT N BY WED AS A LOW PRES DEVELOPS
NEAR 31N80W. EXPECT INCREASING WINDS ACROSS THE NW CORNER LATE
THU INTO FRI AHEAD OF THE NEXT COLD FRONT FORECAST TO MOVE INTO
THE AREA BY FRI.

.TONIGHT...S OF 27N...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. N OF 27N...SE WINDS
5 TO 10 KT...INCREASING TO 10 TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 TO
5 FT. 
.MON...S OF 27N...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...DIMINISHING TO 5 TO 10 KT
IN THE AFTERNOON. N OF 27N...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING SW
15 TO 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.MON NIGHT...S OF 27N...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. N OF 27N...SW WINDS
15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING W 10 TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO
4 FT. 
.TUE...E WINDS LESS THAN 5 KT S OF 27N...AND NW 5 TO 10 KT N OF
27N. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.TUE NIGHT...S OF 27N...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. N OF 27N...N WINDS
LESS THAN 5 KT...BECOMING  SE AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.WED...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.THU...S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.FRI...W WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.