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FZNT27 KNHC 140835
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
435 AM EDT WED MAY 14 2014

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

.SYNOPSIS...A STRONG COLD FRONT EXTENDING FROM CENTRAL LOUISIANA
TO VERACRUZ MEXICO NEAR 20.5N97W WILL REACH FROM 30N88W TO 30N85W
TO 25N87W TO 19N91W THU MORNING...FROM THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA NEAR
24N81W TO YUCATAN CHANNEL NEAR 22N85W LATE THU NIGHT...THEN MOVING
E OF THE GULF BY SUNRISE FRI. SQUALLS AND TSTMS OCCURRING AHEAD OF
THE FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO PROPAGATE E THIS MORNING. GALE FORCE
NORTHERLY WINDS WILL SPREAD FROM JUST OFFSHORE OF VERACRUZ W OF
THE FRONT TO THE SW GULF THROUGH TODAY...DIMINISHING ALTOGETHER
TONIGHT. HIGH PRES WITH MORE TRANQUIL CONDITIONS ARRIVES IN THE
WAKE OF THE FRONT.

NORTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO

.TODAY...W OF FRONT...N TO NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 8 FT.
E OF FRONT...NE TO E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT IN SE SWELL.
SCATTERED TSTMS AHEAD OF FRONT.
.TONIGHT...N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 8 FT.
.THU...N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.THU NIGHT...N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...BECOMING NE 10 TO 15 KT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT...SUBSIDING TO 3 TO 5 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT.
.FRI...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.FRI NIGHT...S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.SAT...S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.SUN...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SUN NIGHT...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 

NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO

.TODAY...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...SHIFTING TO SE TO S LATE.
SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS.
.TONIGHT...SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING N 20 TO 25 KT
BEHIND FRONT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT...BUILDING TO 4 TO 7 FT AHEAD OF
FRONT. SCATTERED TSTMS.
.THU...NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 8 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND ISOLATED TSTMS.
.THU NIGHT...N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...DIMINISHING TO 15 TO 20 KT
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 5 TO 8 FT.
.FRI...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT.
.FRI NIGHT...NW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.SAT...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.SUN...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. 
.SUN NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.