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FZNT27 KNHC 051535
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1035 AM EST SAT JAN 5 2013

...PLEASE REFER TO COASTAL WATERS FORECASTS (CWF) AVAILABLE
THROUGH NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER MEANS FOR DETAILED
COASTAL WATERS FORECASTS...

.SYNOPSIS...A STATIONARY FRONTAL BOUNDARY EXTENDS FROM EXTREME S
FLORIDA AND THE FLORIDA KEYS INTO THE SE GULF NEAR
24N86W...WHILE A PERSISTENT TROUGH LIES OVER THE WESTERN GULF
FROM 28N94W TO 24N96W TO 19N92W. THE FRONT HAS BEGUN TO DRIFT N
AND WILL MOVE TO THE CENTRAL GULF THIS AFTERNOON WHILE THE
TROUGH REMAINS STATIONARY. A REINFORCING SURGE OF COOLER AIR ON
SUN WILL PUSH THE FRONT INTO THE SE GULF WATERS BY EARLY MON
WHERE IT WILL STALL AND DISSIPATE. A NEW COLD FRONT WILL MOVE
OFF THE TEXAS COAST ON TUE NIGHT AND EXTEND FROM CENTRAL
LOUISIANA TO TAMPICO MEXICO ON WED NIGHT. 

NORTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO

.TODAY...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.TONIGHT...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.SUN...N TO NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...INCREASING TO 20 TO 25 KT IN
THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS. 
.SUN NIGHT...N TO NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING NE 10 TO
15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.MON...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.TUE...SE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.WED...W TO NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 

NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO

.TODAY...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KT
IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
TSTMS. 
.TONIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.SUN...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS.
.SUN NIGHT...N TO NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.
SCATTERED SHOWERS. 
.MON...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.TUE...E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.WED...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.