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FZNT25 KNHC 032130
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
530 PM EDT THU APR 3 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...ATLANTIC RIDGE EXTENDS FROM SW N ATLANTIC W ALONG
30N ACROSS FLORIDA AND N GULF COASTS WILL CONTINUE TO PROMOTE
MODERATE TO LOCALLY STRONG RETURN FLOW THROUGH TONIGHT. A WEAK
COLD FRONT WILL ENTER THE TEXAS COASTAL WATERS BY EARLY
FRI...STALL FROM THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE TO JUST S OF
BROWNSVILLE TEXAS FRI NIGHT. THE FRONT WILL LIFT BACK N A WARM
FRONT SAT INTO EARLY SUN AS LOW PRES FORMS OVER NE TEXAS AND
TRACKS NE OVER THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY WHILE RAPIDLY
DEEPENING. THIS WILL ALLOW FOR THE FRONT TO SWEEP SE AS A COLD
FRONT ACROSS THE NW GULF LATE SUN...REACHING TO A POSITION FROM
THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE TO EASTERN BAY OF CAMPECHE BY LATE MON
AFTERNOON...AND FROM SW FLORIDA TO NE YUCATAN PENINSULA EARLY
TUE AFTERNOON BEFORE MOVING TO JUST SE OF THE GULF TUE EVENING. 

.TONIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.
.FRI...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.
.FRI NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
.SAT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...DIMINISHING TO 5 TO 10 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT...SUBSIDING TO 2 TO 4 FT IN THE
AFTERNOON.
.SAT NIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. ISOLATED
SHOWERS.
.SUN...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.MON...S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.TUE...W WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...A SHEAR LINE OVER THE FAR SE WATERS WILL SLOWLY
DISSIPATE THROUGH FRI AS IT SLOWLY MOVES S OVER THE FAR NE
CARIBBEAN SEA AND FAR NW TROPICAL N ATLC WATERS. A 1024 MB HIGH
NEAR 29N70W WILL SHIFT SE TO NEAR 28N66W BY FRI EVENING IN RESPONSE
TO A WEAK COLD FRONT THAT WILL MOVE OFF NE FLORIDA LATE SAT. THE
FRONT WILL STALL FROM NEAR 31N79W TO 29N81W SUN...THEN LIFT BACK N
AS A WARM FRONT THROUGH MON. THE FRONT WILL PUSH SE AS A COLD
FRONT ACROSS THE FAR NW WATERS ON TUE. N TO NE SWELLS OVER THE
EASTERN PORTION WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE THROUGH SAT.

.TONIGHT...S OF 27N...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. N OF 27N...S WINDS 10
TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
.FRI...S OF 27N...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...DIMINISHING TO 10 TO
15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. N OF 27N...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO
5 FT S OF 27N...AND 4 TO 6 FT N OF 27N. 
.FRI NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.
.SAT...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
TSTMS N OF 27N. 
.SAT NIGHT...S OF 27N...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...INCREASING TO 10 TO
15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. N OF 27N...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5
FT...SUBSIDING TO 2 TO 4 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
ISOLATED TSTMS N OF 27N.
.SUN...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.MON...S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.TUE...S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.