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FZNT25 KNHC 040941
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
441 AM EST TUE NOV 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...HIGH PRES OVER THE NE PORTION WILL CONTINUE TO SHIFT
EASTWARD THROUGH TONIGHT. A COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO REACH THE
TEXAS COAST WED NIGHT THEN ADVANCE ACROSS THE W GULF THU AS
STRONG HIGH PRES BUILDS BEHIND IT. THE FRONT WILL REACH FROM
APALACHEE BAY TO YUCATAN PENINSULA LATE THU...THEN BEGIN TO
WEAKEN AS IT REACHES FROM THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA TO NE YUCATAN
PENINSULA FRI...AND MOVE SE OF THE GULF SAT. MODERATE TO STRONG
NORTHERLY WINDS ARE EXPECTED BEHIND THE FRONT OVER THE WESTERN
PORTION OF THE GULF THU AFTERNOON INTO FRI WITH A SMALL AREA OF
GALE WINDS IN THE SW PORTION. 

.TODAY...NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT
.TONIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT.
.WED...NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT EARLY...THEN DIMINISHING TO 10
TO 15 KT EXCEPT 20 KT STRAITS OF FLORIDA. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT...EXCEPT 
6 TO 8 FT STRAITS OF FLORIDA. 
.WED NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...EXCEPT NE TO E 15 TO 20 KT
STRAITS OF FLORIDA. SEAS 4 TO 5 FT...EXCEPT 5 TO 7 FT STRAITS OF
FLORIDA.
.THU...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...SHIFTING TO NE IN THE AFTERNOON EXCEPT
10 TO 15 KT STRAITS OF FLORIDA. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT...EXCEPT 4 TO 5 FT
STRAITS OF FLORIDA.
.THU NIGHT...NW TO N WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. 
.FRI...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 
.FRI NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT.
.SAT...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...N WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...A STATIONARY FRONT FROM 22N65W TO THE EASTERN PORTION
OF HISPANIOLA WILL WEAKEN THROUGH TONIGHT. THE FRONT IS FORECAST
TO DRIFT BACK TO THE WNW AS A TROUGH OR WEAK LOW PRES SYSTEM WED
AND WED NIGHT OVER THE WATERS E OF 75W THEN TURN N AND NE THU AND
FRI MERGING WITH A NEW COLD FRONT NE OF THE BAHAMAS BY FRI NIGHT.
THAT FRONT WILL ENTER THE FAR NW PORTION LATE THU NIGHT...THEN 
REACH FROM NEAR 31N74W TO S FLORIDA EARLY FRI AFTERNOON. THE
FRONT WILL BEGIN TO WEAKEN AS IT REACHES FROM NEAR 31N67W TO NEAR
26N73W TO CENTRAL CUBA LATE FRI NIGHT. THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE
FRONT WILL LIFT N TO OVER THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA FRI NIGHT INTO
SAT WHILE THE REMAINDER OF THE FRONT BECOMES STATIONARY FROM NEAR
30N65W TO NEAR 26N74W. STRONG NW FLOW BEHIND THE FRONT...AND
STRONG SLY FLOW AHEAD OF THE FRONT WILL DIMINISH FRI NIGHT INTO
SAT.

.TODAY...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING E 20 TO 25 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT S OF 27N...AND 6 TO 9 FT N OF 27N. 
.TONIGHT...E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...DIMINISHING TO 15 TO 20 KT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT S OF 27N...AND 6 TO 9 FT N OF 27N. 
.WED...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT S OF 27N...AND 6 TO
9 FT N OF 27N. 
.WED NIGHT...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KT
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT S OF 27N...AND 6 TO 8 FT N OF 27N.
.THU...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT S OF 27N...AND 5 TO 7 FT N
OF 27N. 
.THU NIGHT...NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS S OF 27N...
AND 4 TO 6 FT N OF 27N. 
.FRI...NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS S OF 27N...AND
4 TO 6 FT N OF 27N. 
.FRI NIGHT...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT S OF 27N...AND 4 TO
6 FT N OF 27N. 
.SAT...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS S OF 27N...
AND 3 TO 4 FT N OF 27N.