000
FZNT25 KNHC 202037
OFFN04

NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
437 PM 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...HIGH PRES WILL SHIFT FROM NW OF THE AREA TO NE OF
THE AREA THROUGH 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 DEVELOPING LOW PRES
NEAR 28N88W TO NE MEXICO NEAR 24N98W BY LATE MON. LOW PRES WILL
MOVE NE OF AREA BY TUE AND THE FRONT WILL MOVE INTO FAR SE
WATERS BY LATE TUE. 

.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 5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING SE 10 TO 15 KT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT...BUILDING TO 2 TO 3 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
.SAT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...DIMINISHING TO 5 TO 10 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT...SUBSIDING TO
1 TO 2 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
.SUN...S WINDS LESS THAN 5 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. 
.MON...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. 
.TUE...W WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...A STATIONARY FRONT EXTENDS FROM 28N65W TO THE BAHAMAS
NEAR 23N75W. A SECOND...WEAKER COLD FRONT WILL CLIP THE N PORTION
FRI AND MERGE WITH THE FIRST FRONT WHICH WILL DISSIPATE FROM
27N65W TO THE SOUTHERN BAHAMAS BY SAT. SE WINDS WILL INCREASE
OVER NW WATERS SAT IN ADVANCE OF ANOTHER COLD FRONT THAT WILL
SLOWLY MOVE INTO THE AREA BY MON...STRETCHING FROM 30N65W TO
28N81W BY LATE MON AND DISSIPATING BY TUE. A STRONGER COLD FRONT
WILL MOVE INTO NW WATERS TUE AND LIE FROM 31N73W TO 23N81W LATE
TUE.

.TONIGHT...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.FRI...S OF 27N...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...INCREASING TO 10 TO 15 KT
IN THE AFTERNOON. N OF 27N...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. 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...S OF 27N...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. N OF 27N...SE WINDS 10 TO
15 KT...DIMINISHING TO 5 TO 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 TO
5 FT...SUBSIDING TO 2 TO 4 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. 
.SAT NIGHT...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.
.SUN...SW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.MON...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.TUE...SW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.