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FZNT25 KNHC 162103
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
403 PM 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 COLD FRONT EXTENDING FROM CENTRAL FLORIDA TO
CENTRAL MEXICO WILL RAPIDLY SHIFT ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE
GULF...PUSHING SE OF THE GULF TONIGHT. HIGH PRES WILL BUILD IN
THE WAKE OF THE FRONT WITH SLY RETURN FLOW SETTING UP OVER THE
WESTERN GULF SUN AND SPREADING E THROUGH MON. A WEAKER COLD
FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE NW GULF EARLY TUE. THIS FRONT WILL
REACH FROM CENTRAL FLORIDA TO SOUTHERN TEXAS EARLY WED WHERE IT
WILL STALL AND LIFT NORTHWARD AS A WARM FRONT WED
NIGHT...LIFTING N OF THE AREA THU. A THIRD COLD FRONT WILL MOVE
OFF THE TEXAS COAST THU NIGHT. 

.TONIGHT...NW TO N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. 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 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.MON...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.MON NIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.TUE...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.WED...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.THU...E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...A COLD FRONT EXTENDS FROM 31N70W TO WESTERN CUBA.
THIS FRONT WILL REACH FROM 26N65W TO THE WINDWARD PASSAGE SUN
AFTERNOON. A SECOND COLD FRONT OVER THE NW PART OF THE FORECAST
AREA WILL CONTINUE TO SHIFT EASTWARD...MERGING WITH THE FIRST
FRONT SUN NIGHT FROM 25N65W TO THE WINDWARD PASSAGE. THE MERGED
FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM 23N65W TO THE WINDWARD PASSAGE MON NIGHT
WHERE IT WILL STALL AND DISSIPATE. HIGH PRES WILL BUILD BEHIND
THE FRONT. A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE NW PORTION OF
THE FORECAST AREA WED...EXTENDING FROM 31N65W TO 29N79W THU
MORNING.  

...GALE WARNING...

.TONIGHT...S OF 27N...W TO NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...BECOMING NW
25 TO 30 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 4 TO 5 FT...BUILDING TO 5 TO
7 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. N OF 27N...W TO NW WINDS 25 TO 35 KT. SEAS
6 TO 9 FT... BUILDING TO 8 TO 13 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 5 TO 7 FT. N OF 27N...NW WINDS
25 TO 30 KT...BECOMING NW TO N 20 TO 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON...
SEAS 8 TO 13 FT...SUBSIDING TO 7 TO 10 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. 
.SUN NIGHT...S OF 27N...N TO NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO
6 FT. N OF 27N...NW TO N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING N 10 TO
15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT...SUBSIDING TO 5 TO 7 FT
AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
.MON...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT S OF 27N...AND NE TO E 10 TO
15 KT N OF 27N. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.MON NIGHT...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT S OF 27N...AND E TO SE 10 TO
15 KT N OF 27N. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.TUE...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.WED...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.THU...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.