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FZNT25 KNHC 201439
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1039 AM EDT THU MAR 20 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...WEAK HIGH PRES OVER THE NE GULF WILL BE REINFORCED
BY A STRONGER HIGH PRES MOVING E TO WARD THE SE CONUS TODAY AND
FRI. RIDGING OVER THE GULF WILL WEAKEN ON SAT AHEAD OF A COLD
FRONT EXPECTED TO ENTER THE NW GULF LATE SUN. THE FRONT WILL
STRETCH FROM TAMPA BAY TO NE MEXICO NEAR 24N98W BY LATE MON. 

.THIS AFTERNOON...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. 
.TONIGHT...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. 
.FRI...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. 
.FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT...BUILDING TO
2 TO 3 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
.SAT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.SUN...S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. 
.MON...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...A STATIONARY FRONT EXTENDS FROM 27N65W TO 26N70W TO
THE CENTRAL BAHAMAS NEAR 24N74W TO THE NORTHERN COAST OF WESTERN
CUBA NEAR 22N78W. A SECOND...WEAKER COLD FRONT WILL CLIP THE N
PORTION FRI AND MERGE WITH THE FIRST FRONT WHICH WILL DISSIPATE
BY SAT. HIGH PRES MOVING E JUST N OF THE AREA WILL DOMINATE THE
REGION SAT AND SUN. A COLD FRONT FROM THE N WILL MOVE INTO THE NW
WATERS SUN NIGHT INTO MON...STRETCHING FROM 31N65W TO 28N81W BY
LATE MON.

.THIS AFTERNOON...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.TONIGHT...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.FRI...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N...AND NE 5 TO 10 KT N OF
27N. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT...SUBSIDING TO 2 TO 4 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. 
.FRI NIGHT...S OF 27N...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. N OF 27N...E WINDS
5 TO 10 KT...INCREASING TO 10 TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO
4 FT. 
.SAT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.SUN...SW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.MON...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.