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FZNT25 KNHC 080933
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
433 AM EST FRI FEB 8 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 WEAKENING COLD FRONT EXTENDS FROM CEDAR KEY
FLORIDA TO 26N90W THEN BECOMES STATIONARY TO NEAR 25N95W. THE
COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO WEAKEN AS IT REACHES FROM THE
STRAITS OF FLORIDA TO YUCATAN CHANNEL EARLY THIS EVENING...AND
DISSIPATE TONIGHT INTO SAT. HIGH PRES WILL BUILD ACROSS THE AREA
IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT...WITH SOUTHERLY RETURN FLOW SETTING
ACROSS THE NW WATERS ON SAT. THE SOUTHERLY FLOW INCREASES ACROSS
THE ENTIRE GULF SAT NIGHT AHEAD OF ANOTHER WEAK COLD FRONT THAT
MOVES OFF THE TEXAS COAST EARLY SUN EVENING. THIS FRONT WILL
STALL OVER THE N PORTION LATE SUN AND MON. STRONG HIGH PRES THEN
BUILDS BEHIND THE FRONT PUSHING IT SE ACROSS THE GULF AS A COLD
FRONT LATER ON TUE FOLLOWED BY FRESH TO STRONG WINDS. 

.TODAY...W WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING NW IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS
2 TO 3 FT. ISOLATED SHOWERS. 
.TONIGHT...NW TO N WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING N TO NE 10 TO
15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. ISOLATED SHOWERS. 
.SAT...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. ISOLATED SHOWERS. 
.SAT NIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING E 15 TO 20 KT
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. ISOLATED SHOWERS. 
.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...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 TODAY AS LOW PRES OFF THE CAROLINA COAST DEEPENS WHILE
RAPIDLY MOVING NE. THE ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT EXTENDS FROM SW
FROM THE LOW TO JACKSONVILLE FLORIDA. FRESH TO STRONG SOUTHERLY
FLOW OVER THE NW WATERS WILL SPREAD E THROUGH SUN AS THE COLD
FRONT QUICKLY REACHES FROM NEAR 31N78W TO 29N81W BY DAYBREAK
THIS MORNING...AND FROM 31N72W TO WEST PALM BEACH BY EARLY THIS
EVENING AS IT BEGINS TO WEAKEN. THE FRONT WILL THEN REACH THE
FAR SE WATERS EARLY SAT EVENING AS AN AREA OF STRONG HIGH PRES
BUILDS SE ACROSS THE REGION IN ITS WAKE. THIS HIGH PRES AREA
WILL WEAKEN AS IT SLIDES EASTWARD MON AND TUE ALLOWING FOR
SOUTHERLY RETURN FLOW TO SET UP OVER THE NW PORTION.  

.TODAY...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 6 TO 8 FT N OF 27N. 
.TONIGHT...S OF 27N...NW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 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 WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING N TO NE 15 TO 20 KT IN
THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT...BUILDING TO 5 TO 7 FT IN THE
AFTERNOON. 
.SAT NIGHT...S OF 27N...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO
5 FT. N OF 27N...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.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...S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.