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FZNT25 KNHC 010944
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
444 AM EST TUE MAR 1 2016

...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 IN THE NE GULF WILL WEAKEN AND MOVE E OF
THE AREA TODAY. MODERATE RETURN FLOW IN THE WESTERN GULF WILL
CONTINUE THROUGH TUE AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO
THE NORTHERN GULF LATE TONIGHT. THE FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM THE
FLORIDA BIG BEND TO BROWNSVILLE TEXAS EARLY ON WED...THEN WEAKEN
AS IT QUICKLY MOVES E OF THE AREA WED NIGHT. ANOTHER COLD FRONT
WILL MOVE INTO THE NORTHERN GULF THU NIGHT...AND QUICKLY MOVE E
OF THE BASIN BY FRI NIGHT FOLLOWED BY HIGH PRES RIDGING OVER THE
AREA INTO SAT. 

.TODAY...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. ISOLATED
SHOWERS.
.TONIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. ISOLATED
SHOWERS.
.WED...NE TO E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. ISOLATED
SHOWERS.
.WED NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. ISOLATED
SHOWERS.
.THU...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.
.THU NIGHT...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...SHIFTING TO N TO NE LATE. SEAS
2 FT OR LESS. 
.FRI...N TO NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS.
.FRI NIGHT...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS.
.SAT...NE TO E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. 
.SAT NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS.

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...A HIGH PRES RIDGE ALONG 30N WILL SLIDE TO THE FAR 
NE WATERS TONIGHT...AND TO E OF THE AREA WED AHEAD OF A COLD
FRONT THAT MOVES OFF THE NE FLORIDA COAST. THE FRONT WILL REACH
FROM NEAR 31N73W TO WEST PALM BEACH EARLY WED NIGHT... THEN
WEAKEN AS IT REACHES FROM NEAR 31N67W TO 25N72W AND TO EASTERN
CUBA EARLY ON THU. THE FRONT WILL THEN STALL AND WEAKEN FROM
NEAR 28N65W TO 25N71W TO WINDWARD PASSAGE BY FRI AFTERNOON. A
RIDGE BEHIND THE FRONT WILL SLIDE EASTWARD ALONG 31N...TO E OF
THE AREA BY FRI NIGHT AS ANOTHER COLD FRONT MOVES OFF THE SE
U.S. COAST PRECEDED BY FRESH S TO SW WINDS. THIS FRONT IS
EXPECTED TO REACH FROM NEAR 31N75W TO VERO BEACH...THEN WEAKEN
AS IT MOVES ACROSS THE THE EASTERN PORTION SAT FOLLOWED BY
GENERALLY WEAK HIGH PRES.

.TODAY...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N...AND SE 10 TO 15 KT N OF
27N. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.
.TONIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N...AND S 15 TO 20 KT
N OF 27N BECOMING S TO SW 20 TO 25 KT N OF 29N. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT S
OF 27N...AND 4 TO 6 FT N OF 27N.
.WED...N WINDS 5 TO 10 KT S OF 27N...AND W 20 TO 25 KT N OF 27N.
SEAS 3 TO 4 FT S OF 27N...AND 5 TO 7 FT N OF 27N.
.WED NIGHT...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT S OF 27N...AND N 15 TO 20 KT N
OF 27N. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 
.THU...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. 
.THU NIGHT...SE TO S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. 
.FRI...W TO NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.FRI NIGHT...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SAT...NE TO E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT IN THE EVENING...
SUBSIDING TO 2 FT OR LESS.