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FZNT25 KNHC 052056
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
356 PM EST WED MAR 5 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 QUASI-STATIONARY FRONT EXTENDS FROM N FLORIDA TO A
1009 LOW PRES NEAR 24N95W. A COLD FRONT STRETCHES FROM THE LOW
CENTER TO NEAR VERACRUZ MEXICO. THE LOW PRES WILL MOVE NE TOWARD
THE FLORIDA BIG BEND LATE THU...WITH THE ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT
REACHING FROM THE FLORIDA BIG BEND TO THE YUCATAN PENINSULA. THE
FRONT WILL MOVE SE OF THE AREA EARLY FRI MORNING. HIGH PRES WILL
BUILD ACROSS THE REGION IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT FRI AND SAT. A
NEW COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE NORTHERN GULF SUN. 

.TONIGHT...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. 
.THU...S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT...BUILDING TO 3 TO
5 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.THU NIGHT...W WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT...BUILDING TO
4 TO 6 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.FRI...NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT...SUBSIDING TO 4 TO
6 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. 
.FRI NIGHT...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT...SUBSIDING TO
3 TO 5 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
.SAT...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.SUN...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. 
.MON...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...A COLD FRONT EXTENDS FROM A LOW PRES JUST N OF AREA
NEAR 32N77W TO CAPE CANAVERAL FLORIDA. THE LOW WILL MOVE QUICKLY
NE ACROSS THE ATLC ON THU DRAGGING THE FRONT ACROSS THE N WATERS.
A SECOND LOW PRES FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO WILL APPROACH NW WATERS
LATE THU AND SEND A COLD FRONT INTO THE AREA BY FRI. THE FRONT IS
FORECAST TO EXTEND FROM 31N72W TO THE CENTRAL BAHAMAS BY LATE
FRI...AND FROM 27N65W TO EASTERN CUBA LATE SAT AND WEAKEN OVER
FAR SE WATERS SUN. EXPECT FRESH TO STRONG WINDS AHEAD AND BEHIND
THE FRONT.

.TONIGHT...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.THU...S OF 27N...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. N OF 27N...SE WINDS 10 TO
15 KT...BECOMING S 15 TO 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.THU NIGHT...S OF 27N...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT... BECOMING SW 15 TO
20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. N OF 27N...SW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...
INCREASING TO 20 TO 25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT...
BUILDING TO 4 TO 6 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.FRI...SW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT S OF 27N...AND W 20 TO 25 KT N OF
27N. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT...BUILDING TO 5 TO 7 FT IN THE AFTERNOON.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.FRI NIGHT...S OF 27N...W WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING NW 10 TO
15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. N OF 27N...NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...
DIMINISHING TO 15 TO 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.SAT...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.SUN...N WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.MON...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.