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FZNT25 KNHC 072131
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
431 PM EST FRI MAR 7 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...HIGH PRES OVER THE AREA WILL SLIDE EASTWARD THROUGH
SUN WHILE WEAKENING ALLOWING FOR A COLD FRONT TO MOVE INTO THE
WESTERN GULF LATE SAT NIGHT INTO SUN. THIS NEXT FRONT ENTER THE
GULF ORIENTED N TO S...AND MOVE SLOWLY EASTWARD...AND IS
EXPECTED TO REACH TO NEAR 95W MON...TO NEAR 92W BY LATE
TUE...AND BEGIN TO DISSIPATE OVER THE EASTERN GULF WED. A
STRONGER COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL
GULF ON WED FOLLOWED BY FRESH TO STRONG NW FLOW. 

.TONIGHT...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT...SUBSIDING TO
4 TO 5 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
.SAT...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT...SUBSIDING TO 2 TO
4 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. 
.SAT NIGHT...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.SUN...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. 
.SUN NIGHT...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. 
.MON...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. 
.TUE...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. 
.WED...SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...COLD FRONT FROM 31N72W TO W CENTRAL CUBA ALONG 80W
WILL SHIFT SE THROUGH THE WEEKEND...AND REACH FROM NEAR 31N65W TO
CENTRAL CUBA ALONG 78W BY SAT MORNING...THEN REACH FROM 24.5N65W
TO E CUBA ALONG 76W SUN MORNING...THEN STALL FROM 21N65W THROUGH
WINDWARD PASSAGE EARLY MON AS IT WEAKENS. WEAK HIGH PRES WILL
BUILD ACROSS THE AREA IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT THROUGH TUE.

.TONIGHT...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...S OF 27N...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. N OF 27N...N WINDS
5 TO 10 KT...DIMINISHING TO LESS THAN 5 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS
3 TO 5 FT. 
.SUN...S OF 27N...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. N OF 27N...N WINDS LESS
THAN 5 KT...BECOMING NW IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SUN NIGHT...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT...SUBSIDING TO
2 TO 3 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
.MON...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.TUE...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.WED...SW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.