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FZNT25 KNHC 170858
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
358 AM EST SUN FEB 17 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 FAST MOVING COLD FRONT IS PUSHING SE OF THE REGION.
FRESH TO STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS OVER MOST OF THE EASTERN AND
SOUTHERN GULF WILL DIMINISH FROM W TO E LATER THIS MORNING AS
HIGH PRES BUILDS ACROSS THE REGION. SLY RETURN FLOW WILL SET UP
OVER THE WESTERN GULF LATER TODAY AND GRADUALLY SPREAD EAST...
INCREASING TO 20-25 KT MON. A WEAKER COLD FRONT WILL REACH THE NW
GULF TUE...THEN STALL AND DISSIPATE OVER NORTHERN WATERS WED.

.TODAY...N TO NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT...SUBSIDING
TO 5 TO 7 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. 
.TONIGHT...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 2 TO 4 FT. 
.WED...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 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 STRONG COLD FRONT RACING ACROSS THE REGION WILL
REACH FROM 31N66W TO THE WINDWARD PASSAGE LATER THIS MORNING...
FROM 24N65W TO HISPANIOLA EARLY MON...THEN STALL AND TRANSITION
TO A SHEAR LINE THROUGH MON NIGHT. GALE FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED
N OF 28N W OF THE FRONT SPREADING EASTWARD TO 65W THROUGH THIS
EVENING. LARGE NW SWELL TO 16 FT ALONG 31N WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE
MON THROUGH WED. FRESH TO STRONG NE-E WINDS WILL DEVELOP S OF
24N MON. A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL REACH THE NW PORTION WED.  

...GALE WARNING...

.TODAY...S OF 27N...NW TO N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...BECOMING N
15 TO 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT...SUBSIDING TO
4 TO 6 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. N OF 27N...NW WINDS 25 TO 35 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.
.TONIGHT...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...N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.THU...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.