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FZNT25 KNHC 080308
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1008 PM 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...A COLD FRONT EXTENDING FROM THE FLORIDA BIG BEND TO
NEAR BROWNSVILLE TEXAS WILL REACH FROM NEAR FORT MYERS FLORIDA
TO 25N90W TO NEAR TUXPAN MEXICO FRI MORNING...FROM SOUTH FLORIDA
TO THE YUCATAN PENINSULA LATE FRI BEFORE DISSIPATING SAT. 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 SUN NIGHT. THIS
FRONT WILL STALL OVER THE N WATERS MON AND EARLY TUE AND WILL
BEGIN TO MOVE SE ACROSS THE GULF WATERS LATER ON TUE FOLLOWED BY
FRESH TO STRONG WINDS. 

.TONIGHT...S TO SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING SW 5 TO 10 KT
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.FRI...W TO NW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.FRI NIGHT...NW TO N WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING N TO NE 10 TO
15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. 
.SAT...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING E 15 TO 20 KT
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.SUN...E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.MON...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.TUE...SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...WEAK HIGH PRES ACROSS THE SW N ATLC WILL SHIFT NE
THROUGH FRI AS LOW PRES MOVING NE ACROSS THE SE U.S. DEEPENS
RAPIDLY ALONG THE ATLC COAST FRI THROUGH SUN. SOUTHERLY FLOW N
OF THE BAHAMAS WILL INCREASE TONIGHT AHEAD OF THE DEVELOPING LOW
AND ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT...EXPECTED TO MOVE OFF THE NE FLORIDA
COAST LATE TONIGHT. THIS STRONG COLD FRONT WILL REACH FROM
31N78W TO 29N81W FRI MORNING...FROM 31N72W TO 27N80W FRI
EVENING...FROM 31N65W TO WESTERN COAST OF CUBA SAT MORNING AND
FROM 26N65W TO NORTH-CENTRAL COAST OF CUBA SAT EVENING. REMNANTS
OF FRONT WILL SINK S ALONG THE N COASTS OF CUBA AND HISPANIOLA
SUN AND MON.  

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