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FZNT25 KNHC 030202
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1002 PM 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...A RIDGE EXTENDING FROM THE WESTERN ATLC OVER THE
NORTHERN WATERS WILL INTERACT WITH DEEPENING LOW PRES OVER THE
SOUTHERN PLAINS TO ALLOW FOR MODERATE TO FRESH RETURN SOUTHERLY
FLOW TO CONTINUE OVER THE WESTERN GULF THROUGH THU BEFORE
DIMINISHING THU NIGHT AS A WEAK COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH EASTERN
TEXAS. THE COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE TEXAS COASTAL
WATERS LATE THU NIGHT...AND FAR WESTERN PORTION OF THE FORECAST
NW WATERS EARLY ON FRI. THE FRONT WILL THEN STALL FROM THE
WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE TO THE TEXAS/MEXICO BORDER LATE FRI
NIGHT INTO SAT...AND BACK TO THE NW AS A WARM FRONT SUN. LOW
PRES IS EXPECTED TO FORM OVER NE TEXAS ON SUN...AND QUICKLY
DEEPEN AS IT TRACKS NEWD THROUGH MON DRAGGING A WEAK COLD FRONT
BACK ACROSS THE WESTERN GULF. 

.OVERNIGHT...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 15 TO 20 KT...DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. ISOLATED SHOWERS.
.FRI NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 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. 
.MON...S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...A WEAK COLD FRONT FROM 22N65W TO HAITI WILL SLIDE S 
TO NEAR 20N ON THU WHILE DISSIPATING. A 1023 MB HIGH NEAR 29N73W 
WILL SHIFT E TO NEAR 29N71W BY THU EVENING...THEN WEAKEN 
SLIGHTLY AS IT SHIFTS SE TO NEAR 27N68W FRI...AND TO NEAR 27N65W 
BY SAT AFTERNOON IN RESPONSE TO A WEAK COLD FRONT THAT WILL MOVE 
OFF THE NE FLORIDA COAST...AND OVER THE FAR NW WATERS LATE ON 
SAT...AND STALL THERE THROUGH MOST OF SUN BEFORE LIFTING BACK N 
AS A WARM FRONT LATE ON SUN. CENTRAL ATLC HIGH PRES WILL BUILD 
BACK TO THE W ACROSS THE AREA LATE SUN AND MON. N TO NE SWELLS 
OVER THE EASTERN PORTION WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE THROUGH SUN.

.OVERNIGHT...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT S OF 27N...AND SE 5 TO 10 KT N OF
27N. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT E OF 78W...AND 2 TO 3 FT W OF 78W.
.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 TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS
3 TO 5 FT N OF 27N...AND 4 TO 6 FT S OF 27N.
.THU NIGHT...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT S OF 27N...AND S 10 TO 15 KT N
OF 27N. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
.FRI...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.FRI NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
.SAT...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.SUN...S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT N OF 27N...AND S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF
27N. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.
.MON...SE TO S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.