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FZNT25 KNHC 070842
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
342 AM EST THU FEB 7 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...LOW PRES NEAR THE SE LOUISIANA COAST WILL MOVE E AND
INLAND THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE THIS EVENING WHILE DRAGGING A COLD
FRONT TO THE NW BAY OF CAMPECHE. THE COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE E
MOVING THROUGH THE FLORIDA STRAITS FRI EVENING. HIGH PRESSURE
WILL BUILD IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT...WITH SOUTHERLY RETURN FLOW
SETTING ACROSS THE NW WATERS ON SAT...THEN INCREASING ACROSS THE
ENTIRE GULF SAT NIGHT AHEAD OF ANOTHER COLD FRONT THAT WILL MOVE
OFF THE TEXAS COAST AROUND SUNRISE SUN. THIS FRONT WILL STALL
OVER THE NW WATERS ON SUN...AND DRIFT BACK W TO THE TEXAS COAST
ON MON. 

.TODAY...SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.TONIGHT...S TO SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING SW 5 TO 10 KT
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.FRI...W WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. 
.FRI NIGHT...N WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. 
.SAT...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.SUN...E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.MON...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...A COLD FRONT IS DISSIPATING OVER THE NE WATERS WHILE
WEAK HIGH PRES DOMINATES THE WATERS W OF 70W. SOUTHERLY FLOW N
OF THE BAHAMAS WILL INCREASE TODAY AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT MOVING
OFF THE NE FLORIDA COAST AROUND SUNRISE FRI. THIS STRONG COLD
FRONT WILL REACH FROM BERMUDA TO NW CUBA AROUND SUNRISE SAT AND 
FROM 31N60W TO E CUBA ON SAT EVENING. REMNANTS OF FRONT WILL
DISSIPATE FROM 25N55W TO HISPANIOLA ON SUN. SOUTHERLY FLOW SETS
UP OVER THE NW WATERS ON SUN AND INCREASES ON MON.  

.TODAY...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.TONIGHT...S OF 27N...SE TO S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO
3 FT. N OF 27N...SE TO S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING S TO SW
20 TO 25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT...BUILDING TO 4 TO
6 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
.FRI...S OF 27N...S TO SW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING SW 10 TO
15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. N OF 27N...SW TO W WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...
BECOMING W 15 TO 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT S OF
27N...AND 4 TO 6 FT N OF 27N. 
.FRI NIGHT...S OF 27N...W TO NW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING NW
10 TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. N OF 27N...NW TO N WINDS 10 TO
15 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT S OF 27N...AND 3 TO 5 FT N OF 27N. 
.SAT...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SUN...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.MON...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.