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FZNT25 KNHC 070248
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
948 PM EST THU MAR 6 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...LOW PRES 1007 MB ACROSS EXTREME NE GULF NEAR 29N84W
WITH COLD FRONT EXTENDING SW THROUGH YUCATAN CHANNEL WILL SHIFT
E-NE AND ACROSS N FLORIDA THIS EVENING AND INTO W ATLC
TONIGHT...AND DRAG COLD FRONT SE ACROSS ACROSS SE PORTIONS
OVERNIGHT AND EXIT AREA FRI. STRONG TSTMS AHEAD OF FRONT WILL
AFFECT SE WATERS AND STRAITS OF FLORIDA THROUGH LATE TONIGHT.
HIGH PRES WILL BUILD ACROSS THE REGION IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT
FRI AND SAT. A NEW COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE WESTERN GULF
SUN AND STALL THERE MON. 

.TONIGHT...W WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT...BUILDING TO 4 TO
6 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SCATTERED 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...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT...SUBSIDING TO 2 TO
3 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. 
.SAT NIGHT...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. 
.TUE...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...1007 MB LOW PRES NEAR 31N80W WILL LIFT NE AND OUT OF
AREA EARLY TONIGHT AS ANOTHER FRONTAL SYSTEM MOVES E ACROSS
FLORIDA AND INTO ATLC. LOW PRES ACROSS EXTREME NE GULF OF MEXICO
THIS EVENING WITH COLD FRONT EXTENDING S-SW THROUGH YUCATAN
CHANNEL WILL SHIFT NE AND INTO THE NW WATERS AFTER MIDNIGHT AND
THEN CONTINUE NE THROUGH FRI AND RAPIDLY INTENSIFY. SCATTERED
STRONG TSTMS WILL CONTINUE TO SHIFT NE AHEAD OF ASSOCIATED COLD
FRONT THROUGH FRI. COLD FRONT EXPECTED TO ENTER NW WATERS AROUND
MIDNIGHT AND REACH FROM NEAR 31N75W TO FLORIDA KEYS BY FRI
MORNING...FROM NEAR 31N65W TO CENTRAL CUBA BY SAT MORNING...THEN
SHIFT SE AND WEAKEN OVER THE SE WATERS LATE SAT THROUGH MON.

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