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FZNT25 KNHC 250909
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
509 AM EDT TUE MAR 25 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 STATIONARY FRONT EXTENDS FROM TAMPA BAY TO 1013 MB
LOW PRES NEAR 26N88W THEN CONTINUES TO MEXICAN COAST NEAR
VERACRUZ. A REINFORCING COLD FRONT HAS ENTERED THE NW GULF THIS
MORNING AND WILL MOVE QUICKLY SE AND MERGE WITH THE FIRST FRONT
ACROSS SE PORTIONS THIS AFTERNOON...THEN MOVE S-SE AND INTO NW
CARIBBEAN EARLY WED. STRONG HIGH PRES WILL BUILD BEHIND THE
FRONT TODAY THROUGH WED AND SHIFT NE OF AREA THU. TROUGHING WILL
INCREASE ACROSS THE W GULF FRI AS HIGH PRES MOVES NE OF THE
AREA. A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL MOVE QUICKLY ACROSS THE NORTHERN
GULF LATE FRI AND SAT. 

.TODAY...W WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING NW 15 TO 20 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT...BUILDING TO 2 TO 4 FT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.TONIGHT...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...INCREASING TO 20 TO 25 KT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT...BUILDING TO 5 TO 7 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT.
ISOLATED SHOWERS. 
.WED...N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...BECOMING NE 15 TO 20 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.WED NIGHT...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.THU...SE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.FRI...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SAT...S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...STATIONARY FRONT EXTENDS FROM 25N65W TO DEVELOPING
LOW PRES NEAR 28N80W 1011 MB EARLY THIS MORNING. THE LOW WILL
SHIFT NE TODAY THROUGH WED AND LIFT OUT OF AREA...WHILE DEEPENING
WITHIN A COMPLEX AREA OF LOW PRES...WITH SE GALES DEVELOPING
ACROSS NE PORTIONS THIS AFTERNOON...AND NW GALES SHIFTING INTO NW
PORTIONS LATE THIS AFTERNOON BEHIND A NEW COLD FRONT. THE COLD
FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM 31N71W TO STRAITS OF FLORIDA THIS
EVENING...AND GRADUALLY REACH SE PORTIONS AND THROUGH THE
WINDWARD PASSAGE BY THU AFTERNOON. LARGE NW SWELL WILL SPREAD SE
THROUGH REGIONAL WATERS WED AND THU AND BE OVERTAKEN BY LARGE AND
POWERFUL N SWELL THU THROUGH FRI. HIGH PRES BEHIND THE FRONT WILL
SHIFT NE OF THE AREA FRI. A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS NW
WATERS SAT.

...GALE WARNING...

.TODAY...SW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT S OF 27N...AND W 20 TO 25 KT N OF
27N. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.TONIGHT...S OF 27N...W WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING NW 20 TO
25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. N OF 27N...NW WINDS 25 TO 30 KT. SEAS 5 TO
7 FT...BUILDING TO 6 TO 9 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SCATTERED SHOWERS. 
.WED...S OF 27N...N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. N OF 27N...NW WINDS 25 TO
30 KT...BECOMING N 20 TO 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT.
.WED NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT...SUBSIDING TO
5 TO 7 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
.THU...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.FRI...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.SAT...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.