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FZNT25 KNHC 091446
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1046 AM EDT WED APR 9 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 HAS SLOWED ACROSS THE NW CARIBBEAN THIS
MORNING...WITH WINDS AND SEAS EXPECTED TO BEGIN TO DIMINISH THIS
AFTERNOON THROUGH THU ACROSS THE GULF AS HIGH PRES SETTLES
ACROSS NORTH PORTIONS. THE HIGH WILL BEGIN TO SHIFT EASTWARD THU
WITH ASSOCIATED RIDGE AXIS PERSISTING ALONG 29N FRI THROUGH
SUN...RESULTING IN MODERATE E TO SE BREEZE ACROSS THE BASIN. 

.THIS AFTERNOON...NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. 
.TONIGHT...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT...SUBSIDING TO
5 TO 7 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
.THU...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT...SUBSIDING TO 3 TO
5 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. 
.THU NIGHT...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT...SUBSIDING TO
2 TO 4 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
.FRI...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.SAT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.SUN...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...A STRONG COLD FRONT EXTENDS FROM NEAR 31N72W TO
CENTRAL CUBA LATE THIS MORNING AND WILL MOVE SE AND REACH FROM
NEAR 28N65W TO FAR E CUBA BY EARLY THU. THE FRONT WILL THEN
BECOME STATIONARY AND WEAKEN AS IT REACHES FROM NEAR 25N65W TO E
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 THEN
SHIFT N OF THE AREA SUN.

.THIS AFTERNOON...NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT S OF 27N...AND NW 25 TO
30 KT N OF 27N. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.TONIGHT...S OF 27N...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. N OF 27N...NW WINDS
20 TO 25 KT...BECOMING N 15 TO 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 5 TO
7 FT...SUBSIDING TO 4 TO 6 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
.THU...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT S OF 27N...AND NE 10 TO 15 KT N OF
27N. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.THU NIGHT...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT S OF 27N...AND E 10 TO 15 KT N
OF 27N. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.FRI...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.SAT...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.SUN...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.