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FZNT27 KNHC 150912
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
512 AM EDT SAT MAR 15 2014

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

.SYNOPSIS...SOUTHERLY RETURN FLOW ACROSS THE ENTIRE GULF WILL
INCREASE TONIGHT IN ADVANCE OF A COLD FRONT MOVING INTO THE
NORTHERN WATERS SUN MORNING. THE FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM THE
MISSISSIPPI DELTA TO THE CENTRAL BAY OF CAMPECHE SUN EVENING AND
FROM TAMPA BAY TO THE YUCATAN CHANNEL INTO THE FAR NW CARIBBEAN
MON EVENING...AND WILL LIKELY BE E OF AREA MON NIGHT. EXPECT
GALE FORCE WINDS IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT AND BUILDING SEAS UP
TO 13-15 FT. WINDS AND SEAS WILL START TO DIMINISH FROM W TO E
ACROSS THE GULF REGION MON NIGHT INTO TUE AS THE FRONT MOVES E
OF AREA. 

NORTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO

.TODAY...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.TONIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING S 15 TO 20 KT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 
.SUN...SW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.SUN NIGHT...NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...INCREASING TO 25 TO 30 KT
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT...BUILDING TO 5 TO 7 FT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. 
.MON...NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.TUE...SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.WED...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.  

NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO

.TODAY...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.TONIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT...BUILDING TO 3 TO 5 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
.SUN...S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT...BUILDING TO 5 TO
7 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.SUN NIGHT...SW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.MON...W WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. 
.TUE...W WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.WED...N WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.