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FZNT25 KNHC 151531
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1131 AM EDT THU MAY 15 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 STRONG COLD FRONT FROM THE FLORIDA BIG BEND SW TO
25N87W TO THE EASTERN BAY OF CAMPECHE WILL REACH FROM NEAR TAMPA
FLORIDA TO THE N CENTRAL YUCATAN PENINSULA BY LATE THIS
AFTERNOON...FROM NEAR FORT MYERS TO YUCATAN CHANNEL AND NE
YUCATAN PENINSULA THIS EVENING...FROM THE FLORIDA KEYS TO NW
CUBA AND THE YUCATAN CHANNEL LATE TONIGHT...AND TO E OF THE AREA
DURING FRI MORNING. GALE FORCE NORTHERLY WINDS IN THE FAR SW
GULF WILL DIMINISH LATE THIS MORNING. HIGH PRES WILL PREVAIL
ACROSS THE BASIN BEHIND THE FRONT FRI THROUGH MON NIGHT. 

.THIS AFTERNOON...SW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING W 15 TO 20 KT IN
THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT...BUILDING TO 4 TO 6 FT IN THE AFTERNOON.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS.
.TONIGHT...NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND ISOLATED TSTMS.
.FRI...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT BUILDING TO 5 TO 7 FT
IN THE AFTERNOON. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS SE PART
EARLY.
.FRI NIGHT...N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT...SUBSIDING TO 5
TO 7 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT.
.SAT...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.SUN...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SUN NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
.MON...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.MON NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...A RIDGE FROM 31N67W TO S FLORIDA WILL WEAKEN AND
SHIFT EASTWARD TO THE FAR NE PORTION BY SAT. THIS WILL ALLOW FOR
A COLD FRONT CURRENTLY W OF THE AREA TO APPROACH FAR NW WATERS
THIS EVENING...THEN MOVE INTO THE NW PORTION FROM 31N80W TO
28N80W BY LATE TONIGHT. THE FRONT WILL REACH FROM NEAR 31N78W TO
27N79W TO NW CUBA EARLY ON FRI...FROM NEAR 31N75W TO 27N76W TO W
CENTRAL CUBA FRI NIGHT...AND WEAKEN AS IT REACHES FROM NEAR
31N73W TO 27N74W TO CENTRAL CUBA EARLY SAT. THE FRONT IS FORECAST
TO REACH FROM NEAR 31N70W THE SE BAHAMAS AND EASTERN CUBA BY
SUN...THEN FROM JUST W OF BERMUDA TO THE TURKS AND CAICOS BY MON
AS WEAK HIGH PRES BUILDS OVER THE AREA IN ITS WAKE.

.THIS AFTERNOON...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT...
SUBSIDING TO 3 TO 5 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. WINDS AND SEAS HIGHER
HIGHER IN AND NEAR SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS...EXCEPT SCATTERED 
TO NUMEROUS N OF 27N.
.TONIGHT...S OF 27N...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING S 10 TO
15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. N OF 27N...S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO
6 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.FRI...SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N...AND W 15 TO 20 KT N OF
27N. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS TILL
WIND SHIFT.
.FRI NIGHT...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS S OF 27N. 
.SAT...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SUN...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SUN NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
.MON...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.MON NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.