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FZNT25 KNHC 172112
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
412 PM 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...HIGH PRES OVER THE NE GULF OF MEXICO WILL SHIFT INTO
THE W ATLANTIC WATERS MON. SE RETURN FLOW HAS SET UP OVER THE W
GULF AND WILL SPREAD EASTWARD THROUGH MON. A WEAKER COLD FRONT
WILL MOVE INTO THE NW GULF TUE THEN STALL AND DISSIPATE OVER
NORTHERN GULF WATERS WED. THE FRONT WILL STALL FROM CENTRAL
FLORIDA TO S TEXAS EARLY WED...THEN WILL SHIFT N AS A WARM FRONT
WED NIGHT AND THU. THE WARM FRONT WILL SHIFT N OF THE AREA THU
NIGHT AS A THIRD COLD FRONT SHIFTS INTO THE NW GULF WATERS THU
NIGHT. THIS COLD FRONT WILL REACH FROM SE LOUISIANA TO N MEXICO
FRI EVENING.  

.TONIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.MON...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.MON NIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING SE 10 TO
15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.TUE...SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING S 5 TO 10 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.TUE NIGHT...W WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...SHIFTING TO NE AFTER MIDNIGHT.
SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.WED...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.THU...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.FRI...SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...A COLD FRONT EXTENDS FROM 28N65W TO W CUBA. THE
FRONT WILL REACH FROM FROM 23N65W TO THE WINDWARD PASSAGE MON
AFTERNOON WHERE IT WILL STALL AND DISSIPATE. HIGH PRESSURE WILL
SHIFT EASTWARD JUST N OF THE FORECAST AREA MON AND TUE. A WEAK
COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE NW PORTION OF THE AREA EARLY WED.
THE FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM 29N65W TO 28N78W EARLY THU AND FROM
25N65W TO 28N76W EARLY FRI.   

.TONIGHT...S OF 27N...N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. N OF 27N...NW
TO N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING N 10 TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT.
SEAS 5 TO 7 FT...SUBSIDING TO 3 TO 5 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 3 TO 5 FT. 
.TUE...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N...AND S 15 TO 20 KT N
OF 27N. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.TUE NIGHT...S OF 27N...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. N OF 27N...SW WINDS
15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING SW TO W 10 TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS
2 TO 3 FT S OF 27N...AND 4 TO 6 FT N OF 27N. 
.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. 
.FRI...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.