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FZNT25 KNHC 130928
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
428 AM EST WED FEB 13 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...COLD FRONT EXTENDS FROM SE LOUISIANA TO THE E COAST
OF MEXICO NEAR 23N98W. THE FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE CENTRAL GULF
ON WED THEN WILL STALL OVER THE SE GULF LATE THU. A REINFORCING
COLD FRONT WILL ENTER THE N GULF EARLY SAT AND MOVE RAPIDLY 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.  

.TODAY...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING S TO SW 15 TO 20 KT IN
THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS. 
.TONIGHT...W TO NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS. 
.THU AND THU NIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
SCATTERED SHOWERS. 
.FRI THROUGH SUN...NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE NORTHERN
PORTION OF THE AREA TODAY IN ADVANCE OF A STRONG COLD FRONT
MOVING OFF THE GEORGIA COAST LATER TODAY. THE COLD FRONT WILL
EXTEND FROM 31N72W TO SE FLORIDA THU THEN DRIFT IN SE A STRONGER
COLD FRONT WILL MOVE OFF THE SE GEORGIA COAST SAT OVERTAKE
REMNANTS OF THE INITIAL FRONT SAT NIGHT. THE MERGED FRONT WILL
EXTEND FROM BERMUDA TO CENTRAL CUBA SUN.  

.TODAY...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. 
.TONIGHT...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. SCATTERED SHOWERS. 
.THU...S OF 27N...S 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. SCATTERED SHOWERS. 
.FRI...NW 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.