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FZNT25 KNHC 261522
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1022 AM EST SAT JAN 26 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 HIGH PRES RIDGE FROM N CENTRAL FLORIDA SW TO NE
MEXICO WILL BE REPLACED BY STRONGER HIGH PRES THAT BUILDS S INTO
THE REGION INTO MON. THIS NEW AREA OF HIGH PRES WILL THEN BEGIN
TO RETREAT EASTWARD MON AFTERNOON THROUGH WED ALLOWING FOR
INCREASING SOUTHERLY FLOW OVER THE WESTERN GULF TO SPREAD E TO
THE EASTERN PART OF THE GULF IN ADVANCE OF THE NEXT COLD FRONT.
THIS COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE OFF THE TEXAS COAST AND INTO
THE NW WATERS EARLY ON WED...AND REACH FROM NEAR THE WESTERN
FLORIDA PANHANDLE TO EASTERN BAY OF CAMPECHE BY WED EVENING. THE
COLD FRONT WILL BE FOLLOWED BY STRONG OFFSHORE FLOW AND BUILDING
SEAS. 

.THIS AFTERNOON...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.TONIGHT...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING NE TO E 10 TO 15 KT
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.SUN...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT IN
THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.MON...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...S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...WEAK HIGH PRES FROM THE CENTRAL ATLC SW TO THE NW
BAHAMAS AND S FLORIDA WILL WEAKEN THROUGH SUN AS A BACKDOOR COLD
FRONT PUSHES S INTO THE NORTHERN PORTION. THE FRONT WILL REACH
FROM NEAR 27N65W NW TO 30N81W BY EARLY SUN EVENING...AND
DISSIPATE MON. STRONG HIGH PRES N OF THE FRONT WILL BUILD ACROSS
THE AREA MON THROUGH WED INCREASING NE WINDS OVER THE S PORTION.
LARGE N SWELLS WILL SPREAD S AND SE E OF THE BAHAMAS THROUGH
TONIGHT BEFORE SUBSIDING SUN THROUGH MON. SOUTHERLY RETURN FLOW
WILL INCREASE EARLY WED OVER THE NW WATERS IN ADVANCE OF A COLD
FRONT EXPECTED TO MOVE OFF THE U.S. COAST LATE WED NIGHT.  

.THIS AFTERNOON...S OF 27N...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. N OF 27N...NW
WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT N OF 27N...AND 3 TO 5 FT S OF 27N.
SCATTERED SHOWERS S OF 24N.
.TONIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N...AND N 5 TO 10 KT
N OF 27N. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS S OF 24N. 
.SUN...S OF 27N...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...INCREASING TO
15 TO 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. N OF 27N...N TO NE WINDS 5 TO
10 KT...BECOMING NE 10 TO 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 TO
5 FT. 
.SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.MON...E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.TUE...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.WED...SE TO S WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT.