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FZNT25 KNHC 260229
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1029 PM 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 EXTENDING FROM THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA
TO 21N93W TO THE CENTRAL BAY OF CAMPECHE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE
YUCATAN CHANNEL LATE TONIGHT. STRONG HIGH PRES BUILDING ACROSS
THE GULF BEHIND THE FRONT WILL PRODUCE FRESH TO STRONG WINDS
ACROSS MOST OF THE GULF WATERS TONIGHT AND WED. SOUTHERLY RETURN
FLOW WILL SET UP ACROSS THE WESTERN GULF BY THU AND SPREAD
EASTWARD ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA BY FRI. A WEAK COLD
FRONT WILL MOVE QUICKLY ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF LATE FRI AND
SAT. 

.OVERNIGHT...N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT...BUILDING TO
5 TO 7 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
.WED...NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT...SUBSIDING TO 6 TO
8 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. 
.WED NIGHT...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.THU...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.THU NIGHT...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...INCREASING TO 20 TO 25 KT
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.FRI...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.SAT...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.SUN...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...A DEEPENING LOW PRES LOCATED N OF AREA NEAR 33N72W
WILL BRING GALE FORCE WINDS TO THE N WATERS TONIGHT THROUGH LATE
WED MORNING. THE ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT STRETCHING FROM 31N68W TO
THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA WILL REACH THE SE WATERS LATE WED AND
EXTEND FROM 22N65W TO THE WINDWARD PASSAGE LATE THU. THE FRONT
WILL GRADUALLY DISSIPATE ACROSS THE SE WATERS BY FRI. A
REINFORCING COLD FRONT OVER THE NW WATERS WILL MOVE QUICKLY
ACROSS THE AREA MERGING WITH THE MAIN FRONT LATE WED. HIGH PRES
BEHIND THE FRONT WILL MOVE EASTWARD CROSSING N OF AREA THU AND
FRI. A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE SE U.S. ON SAT AND MOVE
ACROSS THE NW WATERS SAT NIGHT INTO SUN.

...GALE WARNING...

.OVERNIGHT...S OF 27N...W WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING NW 20 TO
25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. N OF 27N...NW WINDS 25 TO 35 KT. SEAS 5 TO
7 FT...BUILDING TO 6 TO 9 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT.
.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...S OF 27N...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. N OF 27N...N WINDS
15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING NE 10 TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 6 TO
8 FT...SUBSIDING TO 5 TO 7 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
.THU...S OF 27N...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. N OF 27N...E WINDS 10 TO
15 KT...INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 TO
6 FT. 
.THU NIGHT...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.FRI...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.SAT...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SUN...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.