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FZNT25 KNHC 182103
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
403 PM EST MON FEB 18 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...WITH HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED OVER THE WESTERN
ATLANTIC WATERS...SE RETURN FLOW PREVAILS ACROSS THE GULF
WATERS. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE NW GULF EARLY TUE. THE
FRONT WILL STALL FROM CENTRAL FLORIDA TO S TEXAS EARLY
WED...THEN WILL SHIFT N AS A WARM FRONT WED NIGHT AND
THU...SHIFTING N OF THE GULF THU NIGHT. A SECOND COLD FRONT WILL
SHIFT INTO THE NW GULF WATERS THU NIGHT. THIS FRONT WILL REACH
FROM SE LOUISIANA TO S TEXAS FRI AFTERNOON...AND FROM ALABAMA TO
NEAR TAMPICO MEXICO SAT AFTERNOON. 

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

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...A SHEAR LINE EXTENDING FROM 22N65W TO THE WINDWARD
PASSAGE WILL DISSIPATE THROUGH TUE. HIGH PRESSURE CENTER WILL
SHIFT EASTWARD JUST N OF THE FORECAST AREA THROUGH 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 WHERE IT WILL DISSIPATE THROUGH SAT. 

.TONIGHT...S OF 27N...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. N OF 27N...E TO SE
WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING SE 15 TO 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. 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...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT S OF 27N...AND SW 10 TO 15 KT N
OF 27N. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.WED...S OF 27N...N TO NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. N OF 27N...NW WINDS
10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING NW TO N 5 TO 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS
2 TO 4 FT. 
.WED NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N...AND N TO NE 5 TO
10 KT N OF 27N. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.THU...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.FRI...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.SAT...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.