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FZNT25 KNHC 181442
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1042 AM EDT TUE MAR 18 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...COLD FRONT ACROSS THE FLORIDA STRAITS TODAY. A WEAK
HIGH PRES WILL DEVELOP OVER THE CENTRAL GULF BEHIND THE FRONT
TODAY TAKING CONTROL OF THE MARINE CONDITIONS ACROSS THE AREA
THROUGH THU. THIS WEAK HIGH WILL BE REINFORCING BY A STRONGER
HIGH PRES MOVING E ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF STATES WED AND THU.
THIS SECOND HIGH WILL SHIFT EASTWARD ON FRI ALLOWING FOR
SOUTHERLY RETURN FLOW TO SET UP ACROSS THE ENTIRE GULF WATERS BY
SAT. 

.THIS AFTERNOON...NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.TONIGHT...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING NE 5 TO 10 KT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.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 1 TO 2 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...A 1002 MB LOW PRES NEAR 30N79W WITH COLD FRONT FROM
LOW TO S FLORIDA. GALE FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED AHEAD AND BEHIND
THE FRONT N OF 30N TODAY. THE COLD FRONT WILL BE NEAR BERMUDA WED
MORNING BUT THE SOUTHERN SEGMENT OF THE FRONT WILL STALL ACROSS
THE CENTRAL BAHAMAS AND CENTRAL CUBA. THEN THE FRONT WILL EXTEND
FROM 27N65W TO THE CENTRAL BAHAMAS BY THU MORNING AND WILL BEGIN
TO GRADUALLY DISSIPATE ACROSS THE SE PORTION OF THE AREA. ANOTHER
COLD FRONT WILL CLIP THE N PORTION OF THE AREA THU. HIGH PRES IN
THE WAKE OF THE FRONT WILL DOMINATE THE REGION THROUGH THE END OF
THE FORECAST PERIOD PRODUCING MAINLY A MODERATE EASTERLY FLOW.

.THIS AFTERNOON...SW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT S OF 27N...AND W 25 TO
30 KT N OF 27N. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
TSTMS. 
.TONIGHT...S OF 27N...NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING N 5 TO
10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. N OF 27N...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING
NE 10 TO 15 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...S OF 27N...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. N OF 27N...E WINDS
5 TO 10 KT...DIMINISHING TO LESS THAN 5 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS
3 TO 5 FT. 
.THU...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 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.