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FZNT25 KNHC 251531
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1131 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 COLD FRONT EXTENDS FROM TAMPA BAY SW TO 24N89W TO
JUST S OF TAMPICO MEXICO. THE FRONT WILL MOVE SE OF THE GULF
LATE THIS AFTERNOON. STRONG HIGH PRES BUILDING ACROSS THE GULF
IN ITS WAKE WILL SLIDE EASTWARD THROUGH FRI AS TROUGHING
INCREASES ACROSS THE WESTERN GULF. A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL MOVE
QUICKLY ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF LATE FRI AND SAT. 

.THIS AFTERNOON...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...A 1007 MB LOW IS NEAR 30.5N76W 1007 MB WITH A
TRAILING COLD FRONT SW TO NEAR DAYTONA BEACH. A WARM FRONT
EXTENDS FROM THE LOW SE TO 29N71W AND TO NEAR 26N67W. THE LOW
WILL QUICKLY LIFT NE OF THE FORECAST WATERS THIS AFTERNOON WHILE
DEEPENING...AND PUSHING THE WARM FRONT NE OF THE AREA BY EARLY
TONIGHT. THE COLD FRONT WILL REACH FROM NEAR 31N71W TO EASTERN
CUBA BY LATE TONIGHT... FROM NEAR 26N65W TO 21N69W AND WEAKENING
TO THE WINDWARD PASSAGE BY WED AFTERNOON. THE FRONT WILL
GRADUALLY TRANSITION TO A SHEAR LINE OVER THE FAR SE WATERS THU
INTO FRI BEFORE WEAKENING ON SAT. A VERY TIGHT PRES GRADIENT
ALONG THE WARM FRONT WILL INDUCE GALE FORCE WINDS OVER THE FAR NE
WATERS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. WINDS WILL INCREASE TO GALE
FORCE BEHIND THE COLD FRONT OVER MUCH OF THE NW WATERS BEGINNING
TONIGHT. THESE CONDITIONS SHIFT EASTWARD ACROSS THE N CENTRAL AND
NE WATERS THROUGH WED NIGHT. LARGE NW SWELLS WILL SPREAD SE
ACROSS THE AREA E AND NE OF THE BAHAMAS THROUGH THU...WITH
LINGERING LARGE SWELLS CONFINED TO THE EASTERN PORTION BY FRI.
HIGH PRES IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT WILL SHIFT TO THE EASTERN AND
CENTRAL WATERS FRI AND SAT. A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL APPROACHES THE
SE U.S. ON SAT.

...GALE WARNING N OF 27N...

.THIS AFTERNOON...SW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT S OF 27N...AND W 20 TO
25 KT N OF 27N. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT S OF 27N...AND 7 TO 10 FT N OF 27N.
WINDS AND SEAS HIGHER IN AND NEAR NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND TSTMS S OF
27N. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS N OF 27N.
.TONIGHT...S OF 27N...W WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING NW 20 TO
25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. N OF 27N...W TO NW WINDS 25 TO 35 KT...
BECOMING 25 TO 30 KT LATE. N OF 27N OF 29N W OF 79W...SEAS 9 TO
14 FT...SUBSIDING TO 8 TO 11 FT LATE. ELSEWHERE N OF 27N...SEAS 10
TO 15 FT. S OF 27N...SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
TSTMS...SHIFTING TO E PART LATE.
.WED...S OF 27N...N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. N OF 27N...NW TO N WINDS
25 TO 35 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.