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FZNT25 KNHC 122041
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
341 PM EST TUE FEB 12 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 OVER SE TEXAS EXTENDS A COLD FRONT ACROSS
THE FAR NW GULF OF MEXICO. THE LOW WILL MOVE E TONIGHT DRAGGING
THE COLD FRONT EASTWARD...REACHING THE CENTRAL GULF WATERS ON
WED. THE COLD FRONT WILL STALL OVER THE SE WATERS LATE THU. A
REINFORCING COLD FRONT WILL ENTER THE N WATERS EARLY SAT...AND
RACE S ABSORBING THE REMNANTS OF THE STATIONARY FRONT LATE
SAT...WITH THE MERGED FRONT MOVING S OF THE AREA SAT EVENING.
RETURN FLOW WILL RESUME OVER THE NW WATERS ON SUN AND INCREASE
ON SUN NIGHT. 

.TONIGHT...SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.WED...S TO SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.WED NIGHT...SW TO W WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING NW 5 TO 10 KT
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.THU...N TO NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...INCREASING TO 10 TO 15 KT IN
THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS. 
.THU NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS. 
.FRI...N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.SAT...N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.SUN...NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. 

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE NORTHERN
WATERS LATE TONIGHT IN ADVANCE OF A STRONG COLD FRONT MOVING OFF
THE GEORGIA COAST ON WED LATE. THIS COLD FRONT WILL REACH FROM
31N72W TO SE FLORIDA MIDDAY THU...DRIFT IN SE ON THU NIGHT...
THEN MEANDER FRI INTO EARLY SAT. A STRONGER COLD FRONT WILL MOVE
OFF THE SE GEORGIA COAST SAT MORNING...OVERTAKE REMNANTS OF THE
INITIAL FRONT SAT NIGHT...WITH THE MERGED FRONT REACHING FROM
BERMUDA TO CENTRAL CUBA AROUND SUNRISE SUN.  

.TONIGHT...S OF 27N...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...INCREASING TO 10 TO
15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. N OF 27N...S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING S
TO SW 15 TO 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.WED...S OF 27N...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. N OF 27N...S TO SW WINDS
15 TO 20 KT...INCREASING TO 20 TO 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS
2 TO 4 FT S OF 27N...AND 4 TO 6 FT N OF 27N. 
.WED NIGHT...S OF 27N...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. N OF 27N...SW WINDS
20 TO 25 KT...BECOMING W 15 TO 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO
4 FT S OF 27N...AND 4 TO 6 FT N OF 27N. 
.THU...S OF 27N...S TO SW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. N OF 27N...W TO NW
WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING NW 5 TO 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON.
SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS. 
.THU NIGHT...NW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...SHIFTING TO NE TO E AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.FRI...NW TO N WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.SAT...NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SUN...N WINDS 25 TO 30 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT.