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FZNT25 KNHC 021426
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1026 AM EDT WED APR 2 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...RIDGING EXTENDING FROM W ATLC HIGH PRES ALONG 30N
WILL SUPPORT RETURN FLOW TODAY AND INCREASE OVER THE WESTERN AND
CENTRAL GULF TONIGHT AS TROUGHING STRENGTHENS OVER TEXAS THROUGH
COASTAL MEXICO. A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE TEXAS
COASTAL WATERS LATE THU NIGHT AND STALL FROM THE WESTERN FLORIDA
PANHANDLE TO THE TEXAS/MEXICO BORDER LATE FRI NIGHT INTO
SAT...THEN MOVE BACK TO THE NW AS A WARM FRONT SUN. 

.THIS AFTERNOON...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.TONIGHT...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.THU...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.THU NIGHT...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.FRI...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.SAT...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.SUN...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...A STATIONARY FRONT FROM 22N65W THROUGH THE WINDWARD
PASSAGE WILL SINK SLOWLY S TO ALONG 20N-21N THROUGH THU THEN
DISSIPATE. 1024 MB HIGH NEAR 30N75W WILL GRADUALLY SHIFT E
REACHING 65W LATE SAT INTO SUN IN RESPONSE TO A WEAK COLD FRONT
THAT WILL MOVE OFF THE NE FLORIDA COAST AND OVER THE FAR NW
WATERS LATE SAT...THAN STALL THROUGH SUN. N TO NE SWELL WILL
DOMINATE ATLC SEAS THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

.THIS AFTERNOON...S OF 27N...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. N OF 27N...SE
WINDS LESS THAN 5 KT...INCREASING TO 5 TO 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON.
SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.TONIGHT...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT S OF 27N...AND SE 5 TO 10 KT N OF
27N. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT...BUILDING TO 2 TO 4 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
.THU...S OF 27N...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT IN THE MORNING. WINDS 10 TO
15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. N OF 27N...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT IN THE
MORNING. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.THU NIGHT...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT S OF 27N...AND S 10 TO 15 KT N
OF 27N. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT...BUILDING TO 3 TO 5 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
.FRI...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SAT...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.SUN...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.