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FZNT25 KNHC 271535
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1135 AM EDT THU MAR 27 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 1029 MB HIGH PRES CENTERED OVER THE MID-ATLC
EXTENDS A RIDGE SW ACROSS THE EASTERN AND CENTRAL GULF. THE
COMBINATION OF THE RIDGE AND LOW PRES OVER THE GREAT PLAINS IS
ALLOWING FOR A MODERATE TO FRESH SE FLOW TO CONTINUE OVER THE
AREA. THE RIDGE WILL SHIFT EASTWARD TO THE WESTERN ATLC BY FRI
AS A COLD FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THE LOW PRES APPROACHES EASTERN
TEXAS. THE COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO EMERGE INTO THE NW GULF
NEAR DAYBREAK ON SAT. THE FRONT WILL QUICKLY REACH FROM THE
FLORIDA BIG BEND TO THE YUCATAN PENINSULA LATE SAT...THEN WEAKEN
AS IT MOVES ACROSS THE FAR SE WATERS BY LATE SUN. HIGH PRES
BEHIND THE FRONT WILL SLIDE EASTWARD ACROSS THE REGION WHILE
WEAKENING. 

.THIS AFTERNOON...E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 8 FT.
ISOLATED SHOWERS.
.TONIGHT...SE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. ISOLATED SHOWERS.
.FRI...SE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT...SUBSIDING TO 5 TO
7 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. 
.FRI NIGHT...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT...SUBSIDING TO
3 TO 5 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. ISOLATED SHOWERS.
.SAT...SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.SUN...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.MON...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...A WEAKENING STATIONARY FRONT EXTENDING FROM 22N64W TO
THE NW COAST OF HAITI AND THROUGH WINDWARD PASSAGE WILL GRADUALLY
DISSIPATE THROUGH FRI NIGHT. STRONG HIGH PRES BEHIND THE FRONT
WILL MOVE EASTWARD THROUGH FRI NIGHT AND WEAKEN. LARGE NW TO N
LONG PERIOD SWELLS OVER MUCH OF THE FORECAST WATERS WILL SLOWLY
SUBSIDE FROM W TO E FRI THROUGH SUN. A WEAK COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED
TO MOVE ACROSS THE NW WATERS SAT NIGHT INTO EARLY SUN...REACH FROM
NEAR 31N70W TO EASTERN CUBA BY LATE SUN...AND WEAKEN AS IT REACHES
THE FAR EASTERN WATERS BY LATE MON. HIGH PRES WILL BUILD ACROSS
THE AREA BEHIND THE FRONT.

.THIS AFTERNOON...S OF 27N...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. N OF 27N...E TO
SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT.
.TONIGHT...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT N OF 29N...EXCEPT
6 TO 9 FT IN NE SWELL ELSEWHERE.
.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 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.