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FZNT25 KNHC 051534
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1034 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...

SOUTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO

.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. 

...DENSE FOG ADVISORY...

.TODAY...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.TONIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.SUN...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.SUN NIGHT...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.MON...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.TUE...E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.WED...E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...A WEAK AND MEANDERING FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL LINGER
ACROSS THE NW PART OF THE SW N ATLC WATERS THROUGH THE WEEKEND.
A REINFORCING COLD FRONT WILL MOVE OFF THE SE U.S. COAST ON SUN
NIGHT AND REACH FROM 29N65W TO SOUTH FLORIDA MON NIGHT THEN
DISSIPATE AS IT RETROGRADES NORTHWARD TUE. HIGH PRESSURE WILL
BUILD N OF BERMUDA WED.  

.TODAY...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.TONIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.SUN...S OF 27N...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. N OF 27N...SE TO S
WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING S TO SW 10 TO 15 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.SUN NIGHT...S OF 27N...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...DIMINISHING TO
5 TO 10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. N OF 27N...SW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...
BECOMING W 10 TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS. 
.MON...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.TUE...E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.WED...E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.