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FZNT25 KNHC 270228
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1028 PM EDT WED MAR 26 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 1026 MB HIGH PRES CENTERED OVER THE NE CORNER OF
THE GULF DOMINATES THE REGION PRODUCING FRESH TO STRONG WINDS.
THE HIGH PRES WILL SHIFT E ALLOWING FOR SOUTHERLY RETURN FLOW TO
SET UP ACROSS THE WESTERN GULF BY THU AND SPREADING EASTWARD
ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA BY FRI. A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL
ENTER THE NW GULF FRI NIGHT INTO SAT REACHING FROM THE FLORIDA
BIG BEND TO THE YUCATAN PENINSULA LATE SAT...AND MOVE SE OF THE
GULF LATE SUN. HIGH PRES WILL BUILD AGAIN ACROSS THE AREA. 

.OVERNIGHT...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.THU...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.THU NIGHT...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING SE 20 TO 25 KT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.FRI...SE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...DIMINISHING TO 15 TO 20 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT...SUBSIDING TO 4 TO 6 FT IN THE
AFTERNOON. 
.FRI NIGHT...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KT
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT...SUBSIDING TO 3 TO 5 FT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.SAT...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.SUN...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.MON...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...A COLD FRONT EXTENDING FROM 24N65W TO THE WINDWARD
PASSAGE WILL BEGIN TO WEAKEN AS IT REACHES THE FAR SE WATERS LATE
TONIGHT INTO EARLY THU. THE FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO WEAKEN THROUGH
FRI. STRONG HIGH PRES BEHIND THE FRONT WILL MOVE EASTWARD THROUGH
LATE FRI AND WEAKEN. LARGE SWELLS ACROSS MUCH OF THE WATERS WILL
SLOWLY SUBSIDE THROUGH THE PERIOD. A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL
APPROACH THE SE U.S. ON SAT AND EMERGE OVER THE NW WATERS SAT
NIGHT INTO SUN. THE FRONT IS FORECAST TO EXTEND FROM 31N73W TO SE
FLORIDA LATE MON.

.OVERNIGHT...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT S OF 27N...AND NE 10 TO 15 KT N
OF 27N. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.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...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.FRI...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.FRI NIGHT...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.
.SAT...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SUN...NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.MON...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.