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FZNT25 KNHC 180213
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1013 PM EDT MON MAR 17 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 EXTENDING FROM TAMPA BAY TO THE YUCATAN
CHANNEL EARLY TONIGHT WILL MOVE E THROUGH THE FLORIDA STRAITS ON
TUE. POST FRONTAL HIGH PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP OVER THE CENTRAL
GULF WATERS ON TUE. THE HIGH WILL SHIFT E OF AREA ON WED SETTING
UP MODERATE E FLOW ACROSS THE SE GULF THROUGH SAT.

.OVERNIGHT...W WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.TUE...NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.TUE NIGHT...N WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT...SUBSIDING TO
3 TO 5 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
.WED...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT...SUBSIDING TO 2 TO
4 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. 
.WED NIGHT...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.THU...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.FRI...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.SAT...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...WEAK LOW PRES WILL MOVE OFF THE NE FLORIDA COAST
EARLY TONIGHT AND RACE NE OF THE AREA LATE TONIGHT DRAGGING A
COLD FRONT OFF THE FLORIDA COAST. THE COLD FRONT WILL REACH FROM
31N74W TO THE CAY SAL BANK ON TUE. THE SOUTHERN SEGMENT OF THE
FRONT WILL STALL ACROSS THE CENTRAL BAHAMAS ON WED AND MEANDER
FROM CENTRAL BAHAMAS TO N CENTRAL CUBA THROUGH THU. A SECOND COLD
FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE NW WATERS ON THU AND OVERTAKE THE FRONTAL
TROUGH THU NIGHT...WITH THE MERGED BOUNDARY DISSIPATING FROM
25N65W TO THE SE BAHAMAS ON FRI. A RIDGE WILL DEVELOP FROM BERMUDA
TO CENTRAL FLORIDA ON SAT.
  

.OVERNIGHT...S OF 27N...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...INCREASING TO 15 TO
20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. N OF 27N...SW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO
6 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS. 
.TUE...SW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT S OF 27N...AND W 20 TO 25 KT N OF
27N. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.TUE NIGHT...NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING NE 5 TO 10 KT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT...SUBSIDING TO 3 TO 5 FT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. 
.WED...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.WED NIGHT...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.THU...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.FRI...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SAT...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.