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FZNT25 KNHC 082107
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
407 PM 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 EXTENDING FROM SW FLORIDA TO
24N89W 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 LATE SUN. THIS FRONT WILL STALL OVER
THE NORTHERN WATERS THROUGH 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. 

.TONIGHT...NW TO N WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING N TO NE 10 TO
15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS. 
.SAT...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT...BUILDING TO 3 TO 5 FT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. 
.SUN...E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.SUN NIGHT...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 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.WED...W WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...A COLD FRONT EXTENDS FROM 31N74W TO SOUTH FLORIDA.
FRESH TO STRONG SOUTHERLY FLOW AHEAD OF FRONT WILL SPREAD E
THROUGH SUN AS THE COLD FRONT REACHES FROM 31N72W TO SE FLORIDA
THIS EVENING. THE FRONT WILL STALL AND BECOME DIFFUSE FROM
24N65W TO 19N70W BY LATE SAT AS AN AREA OF STRONG HIGH PRES
BUILDS SE ACROSS THE REGION IN ITS WAKE. THE HIGH PRES AREA WILL
WEAKEN AS IT SLIDES EASTWARD MON AND TUE ALLOWING FOR SOUTHERLY
RETURN FLOW TO SET UP OVER THE NW PORTION.  

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