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FZNT25 KNHC 050203
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1004 PM EDT FRI APR 4 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 COLD FRONT EXTENDS FROM SE LOUISIANA TO INLAND 
MEXICO AT 23N98W. THE FRONT WILL QUICKLY MOVE SE REACHING FROM 
THE FAR WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE TO NE MEXICO LATE 
TONIGHT...THEN BECOME STATIONARY. THE FRONT WILL THEN LIFT BACK 
N AS WARM FRONT SAT THROUGH SUN. LOW PRES WILL DEVELOP NEAR NE 
TEXAS AND SW LOUISIANA SUN AND TRACK NE THROUGH MON WHILE 
DEEPENING. THE ASSOCIATED STRONG COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP ACROSS 
THE GULF REACHING FROM NEAR MOBILE ALABAMA TO THE SW GULF BY 
EARLY MON...FROM NE FLORIDA TO THE EASTERN BAY OF CAMPECHE EARLY 
TUE...AND TO JUST SE OF THE AREA TUE EVENING. HIGH PRES BUILDING 
IN BEHIND THE FRONT WILL USHER IN FRESH TO STRONG WINDS ACROSS 
THE GULF TUE. WINDS DIMINISH WED AS HIGH PRES SETTLES IN OVER 
THE AREA. 

.OVERNIGHT...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT IN SE SWELL.
.SAT...E TO SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT IN SE SWELL.
.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 3 TO 5 FT. ISOLATED SHOWERS.
.SUN NIGHT...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.
.MON...SE TO S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT.
.TUE...W WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.WED...NW TO N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT.

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...A 1022 MB HIGH CENTERED AT 29N65W WILL SHIFT TO JUST 
E OF THE AREA LATE SAT NIGHT IN RESPONSE TO A WEAK COLD FRONT 
THAT WILL MOVE OFF NE FLORIDA SAT NIGHT. THE FRONT WILL STALL 
FROM NEAR 31N79W TO 29N81W SUN MORNING BEFORE LIFTING BACK NW AS 
A WARM FRONT THROUGH SUN NIGHT AS ATLC RIDGING REBUILDS WESTWARD 
ACROSS THE AREA. THE FRONT WILL MOVE SE AS A STRONG COLD FRONT 
ACROSS THE NW WATERS ON TUE...REACH FROM NEAR 31N76W TO FAR 
WESTERN CUBA BY LATE TUE AND FROM NEAR 31N66W TO EASTERN BY LATE 
WED. WINDS AND SEAS WILL INCREASE N AND NE OF THE BAHAMAS NEAR 
THE FRONT. SEAS WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE OVER THE E AND SE PORTIONS 
THROUGH SAT.

.OVERNIGHT...N OF 27N...S TO SW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT.  SEAS 4 TO 6 
FT. S OF 27N...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
ISOLATED SHOWERS N OF 27N.
.SAT...S OF 27N...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT... DIMINISHING TO 5 TO
10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. N OF 27N...S TO SW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...
DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KT LATE. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. ISOLATED SHOWERS
AND TSTMS N OF 27N.
.SAT NIGHT...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT S OF 27N...AND S 10 TO 15 KT N
OF 27N. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.SUN...S OF 27N...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. N OF 27N...S WINDS 10 TO
15 KT...DIMINISHING TO 5 TO 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 TO
4 FT...SUBSIDING TO 2 TO 3 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. 
.SUN NIGHT...S OF 27N...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. N OF 27N...S WINDS
5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING SE 10 TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO
3 FT...BUILDING TO 2 TO 4 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
.MON...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.TUE...SW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.WED...W WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.