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FZNT25 KNHC 080906
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
506 AM EDT TUE APR 8 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 THE FLORIDA BIG BEND TO THE BAY OF
CAMPECHE WILL RECEIVE A REINFORCING SURGE OF NW WINDS TODAY.
GALE CONDITIONS WITH THIS SURGE ARE EXPECTED BRIEFLY IN THE FAR
SW GULF. THE FRONT WILL MOVE SE OF THE GULF TONIGHT. WINDS AND
SEAS DIMINISH WED AND THU AS HIGH PRES BUILDS ACROSS THE
NORTHERN GULF. THIS HIGH PRES WILL BEGIN TO SHIFT EASTWARD FRI
AND SAT WHILE WEAKENING WITH A MODERATE E TO SE BREEZE ACROSS
THE AREA. 

.TODAY...SW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.TONIGHT...NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...INCREASING TO 20 TO 25 KT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT...BUILDING TO 6 TO 8 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 27N WILL SHIFT E OF THE AREA AHEAD OF A
COLD FRONT THAT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE NW WATERS LATER THIS
MORNING. THE FRONT WILL REACH FROM NEAR 31N73W TO CENTRAL CUBA BY
EARLY WED...AND FROM NEAR 30N65W 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.

.TODAY...S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT S OF 27N...AND S 20 TO 25 KT N OF
27N. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.TONIGHT...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...SUBSIDING TO 3 TO
5 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.WED...NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.WED NIGHT...NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING N 10 TO 15 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 2 TO 3 FT.