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FZNT25 KNHC 072144
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
544 PM EDT MON APR 7 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 FROM MOBILE ALABAMA SW TO 26N91W TO
19N95W WILL REACH FROM NEAR CEDAR KEY FLORIDA TO THE EASTERN BAY
OF CAMPECHE TUE MORNING WHEN A REINFORCING SURGE OF NW WINDS
MOVES INTO THE NW GULF. GALE CONDITIONS WITH THIS SURGE ARE
EXPECTED TUE AFTERNOON IN THE FAR SW GULF NEAR THE COAST OF
MEXICO. THE FRONT WILL MOVE SE OF THE GULF TUE NIGHT. WINDS AND
SEAS DIMINISH WED AND THU AS HIGH PRES BUILDS EASTWARD ACROSS
THE NORTHERN GULF. THE HIGH PRES WILL BEGIN TO SHIFT EASTWARD
FRI AND SAT WHILE WEAKENING WITH E TO SE MODERATE TO FRESH WINDS
ACROSS THE AREA. 

.TONIGHT...SE TO S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. ISOLATED
SHOWERS AND TSTMS.
.TUE...S TO SW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS...BECOMING SCATTERED IN THE AFTERNOON.
.TUE NIGHT...NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT...BUILDING TO
5 TO 7 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.WED...NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT...BUILDING TO 7 TO
10 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. 
.WED NIGHT...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KT
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT IN NW SWELL...SUBSIDING TO 5 TO 7
FT AFTER MIDNIGHT.
.THU...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.FRI...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.SAT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...A RIDGE ALONG 28N WILL SHIFT E OF THE AREA TONIGHT
AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT THAT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE NW WATERS TUE
MORNING. THE FRONT WILL REACH FROM NEAR 31N72W TO CENTRAL CUBA BY
EARLY WED...AND FROM NEAR 27N65W TO THE WINDWARD PASSAGE BY EARLY
THU. THE FRONT WILL BECOME STATIONARY AND WEAKEN AS IT REACHES
FROM NEAR 25N65W TO EASTERN CUBA FRI AND SAT. A RIDGE WILL
STRETCH FROM BERMUDA SW TO THE GEORGIA/NE FLORIDA BORDER IN THE
WAKE OF THE FRONT INTO SAT.

.TONIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N...AND S 15 TO 20 KT N OF
27N...INCREASING TO 20 TO 25 KT LATE W OF 77W. N OF 27N...SEAS 5
TO 7 FT...BUILDING TO 6 TO 8 FT N OF 28N W OF 77W LATE. S OF
27N...SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.  SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS N OF 28N W OF
77W. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND TSTMS ELSEWHERE N OF 27N BETWEEN 75W AND
77W.
.TUE...S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT S OF 27N...AND S 20 TO 25 KT N OF 27N.
SEAS 4 TO 6 FT...AND 6 TO 9 FT N OF 27N. 
.TUE NIGHT...S OF 27N...S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING SW 10 TO
15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. N OF 27N...SW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...BECOMING
W 15 TO 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.WED...NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT S OF 27N...AND W 20 TO 25 KT N OF
27N. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT...BUILDING TO 5 TO 7 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. 
.WED NIGHT...S OF 27N...NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT... BECOMING N 10 TO
15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. N OF 27N...NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...BECOMING
N 15 TO 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT...SUBSIDING TO 3 TO
5 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
.THU...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.FRI...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SAT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.