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FZNT25 KNHC 220909
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
509 AM EDT SAT MAR 22 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 RIDGE FROM W ATLC INTO NE GULF WILL SHIFT NE
AND WEAKEN ACROSS BASIN THROUGH SUN. A COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO
ENTER THE NW GULF SUN AND STRETCH FROM APALACHICOLA FLORIDA TO
BROWNSVILLE TEXAS SUN EVENING...THEN FROM TAMPA BAY TO NE MEXICO
NEAR 25N98W BY MON EVENING...WHERE IT WILL STALL. REINFORCING
FRONT TO ENTER NW PORTIONS MON NIGHT AND MERGE WITH STALLED
FRONT TUE...AND MOVE INTO FAR S AND SE WATERS BY TUE EVENING.
HIGH PRES WILL BUILD BEHIND THE FRONT LATE TUE AND WED TO
PRODUCE FRESH TO STRONG WINDS AND BUILDING SEAS ACROSS MOST OF
BASIN. 

.TODAY...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 FT OR LESS. 
.TONIGHT...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 FT OR LESS. 
.SUN...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 FT OR LESS. 
.SUN NIGHT...SW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING  NW AFTER MIDNIGHT.
SEAS 1 FT OR LESS...BUILDING TO 1 TO 2 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
.MON...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. 
.TUE...NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.WED...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...A WEAKENING FRONTAL BOUNDARY FROM 25N65W TO THE
WINDWARD PASSAGE HAS BECOME STATIONARY AND WILL DISSIPATE TODAY.
S TO SE WINDS WILL INCREASE OVER W WATERS TODAY IN ADVANCE OF
ANOTHER COLD FRONT THAT WILL SLOWLY MOVE INTO N PORTIONS OF AREA
EARLY MON...AND STALL FROM NEAR 30N65W TO NE FLORIDA MON
AFTERNOON. LOW PRES IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP ALONG FRONT ACROSS SE
U.S. COASTAL WATERS EARLY TUE...THEN EXPECTED TO DEEPEN RAPIDLY
AND MOVE NE ACROSS W ATLC LATE TUE AND WED. ASSOCIATED NEW COLD
FRONT TO MOVE ACROSS NW PORTIONS TUE AND RACE QUICKLY SE...
STRETCHING FROM NEAR 27N65W TO STRAITS OF FLORIDA BY WED
AFTERNOON. SW GALES POSSIBLE IN ADVANCE OF THIS FRONT ACROSS NE
PORTIONS TUE AFTERNOON AND NIGHT.   

.TODAY...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.TONIGHT...S OF 27N...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT... DIMINISHING TO 5 TO
10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. N OF 27N...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO
4 FT. 
.SUN...SW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT S OF 27N...AND W 10 TO 15 KT N OF 27N.
SEAS 2 TO 4 FT...SUBSIDING TO 2 TO 3 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. 
.SUN NIGHT...NW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT S OF 27N...AND W 10 TO 15 KT N
OF 27N. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.MON...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.TUE...W WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.WED...N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT.