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FZNT25 KNHC 160919
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
419 AM EST SAT FEB 16 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 VIGOROUS COLD FRONT EXTENDING FROM MOBILE TO
CORPUS CHRISTI WILL RAPIDLY DIVE SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE GULF THIS
MORNING...REACHING FROM S FLORIDA TO THE BAY OF CAMPECHE THIS
AFTERNOON THEN QUICKLY PUSH SE OF THE GULF THIS EVENING. FRESH
TO NEAR-GALE N WINDS ARE EXPECTED N OF THE FRONT. HIGH PRES WILL
BUILD BEHIND THE FRONT SAT NIGHT...WITH WINDS BECOMING LIGHT AND
VARIABLE IN THE VICINITY OF THE SURFACE HIGH IN THE NW GULF. S
WINDS IN THE W GULF SUN WILL SPREAD E AND INCREASE THROUGH MON
MORNING. A WEAKER COLD FRONT WILL REACH THE NW GULF TUE. 

.TODAY...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING NW 20 TO 25 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT...BUILDING TO 4 TO 6 FT IN THE
AFTERNOON. 
.TONIGHT...NW TO N WINDS 25 TO 30 KT...BECOMING N 20 TO 25 KT
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. 
.SUN...N TO NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT...SUBSIDING TO
5 TO 7 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. 
.SUN NIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.MON...E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.TUE...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.WED...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM 31N78W TO 27N80W
THIS AFTERNOON...FROM 31N67W TO WINDWARD PASSAGE SUN MORNING...
FROM 23N65W TO HISPANIOLA MON MORNING...THEN STALL AND DISSIPATE
MON NIGHT. GALE FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED N OF 27N W OF THE FRONT
BY THIS EVENING AND SPREAD EASTWARD TO 65W THROUGH SUN EVENING.
LARGE NW SWELL TO 18 FT ALONG 31N WILL FOLLOW THE FRONT...SLOWLY
SUBSIDING EARLY NEXT WEEK. HIGH PRES WILL BUILD BEHIND THE FRONT
SUN NIGHT. A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL REACH THE NW PORTION WED.

...GALE WARNING...

.TODAY...S OF 27N...W WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...INCREASING TO 10 TO 15
KT IN THE AFTERNOON. N OF 27N...NW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT... BECOMING W
15 TO 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS.
.TONIGHT...S OF 27N...W TO NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...BECOMING NW 25
TO 30 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT...BUILDING TO 6 TO 8 FT
AFTER MIDNIGHT. N OF 27N...W TO NW WINDS 30 TO 35 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9
FT...BUILDING TO 9 TO 14 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT.
.SUN...S OF 27N...NW TO N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...BECOMING N 15 TO 20
KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT...SUBSIDING TO 5 TO 7 FT IN
THE AFTERNOON. N OF 27N...NW WINDS 25 TO 30 KT...BECOMING NW TO N
20 TO 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 9 TO 14 FT...SUBSIDING TO 7 TO
10 FT IN THE AFTERNOON.
.SUN NIGHT...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING N TO NE 10 TO 15 KT
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.MON...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.TUE...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.WED...N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.