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FZNT25 KNHC 270322
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1022 PM EST TUE FEB 26 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 FROM FORT MYERS SW TO THE NE YUCATAN
PENINSULA WILL SLOW DOWN OVER THE FAR SE WATERS AND STRAITS OF
FLORIDA LATE TONIGHT AND WED. ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL MOVE OFF
THE TEXAS COAST WED EVENING. THIS FRONT WILL QUICKLY MOVE ACROSS
THE AREA REACHING THE EASTERN WATERS THU...AND MOVE SE OF THE
AREA THU NIGHT. EXPECT INCREASING NORTHERLY WINDS AND BUILDING
SEAS BY SAT OVER MUCH OF THE GULF AS HIGH PRES BUILDS OVER THE
REGION. 

.OVERNIGHT...NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.WED...N WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.WED NIGHT...N WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.THU...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
TSTMS.
.THU NIGHT...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 
.FRI...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SAT...NW TO N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.SUN...NW TO N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. 

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...A COLD FRONT ENTERING THE FAR NW WATERS WILL REACH
FROM NEAR 31N74W TO S FLORIDA EARLY WED...FROM NEAR BERMUDA TO
WESTERN CUBA EARLY THU...AND FROM 27N65W TO EASTERN CUBA EARLY
FRI THEN BECOME STATIONARY ACROSS THE SE WATERS SAT. A STRONGER
COLD FRONT WILL QUICKLY MOVE SE ACROSS THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL
WATERS LATE SAT AND MERGE WITH THE FIRST FRONT SUN OVER THE
EASTERN PORTION. STRONG W TO NW WILL SPREAD E ACROSS MUCH OF THE
AREA WESTERN PORTION SUN BEHIND THE STRONGER FRONT.  

.OVERNIGHT...S OF 27N...S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING S TO SW
10 TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. N OF 27N...SW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT.
SEAS 2 TO 4 FT S OF 27N...AND 6 TO 8 FT N OF 27N. ISOLATED SHOWERS. 
.WED...S OF 27N...SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT IN THE MORNING. WINDS
5 TO 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. N OF 27N...W TO NW WINDS 15 TO
20 KT IN THE MORNING. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT S OF 27N...AND 5 TO 7 FT N
OF 27N. ISOLATED SHOWERS. 
.WED NIGHT...S OF 27N...SW TO W WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. N OF 27N...W
WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...INCREASING TO 10 TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT.
SEAS 2 TO 3 FT S OF 27N...AND 5 TO 7 FT N OF 27N. 
.THU...S OF 27N...W TO NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. N OF 27N...W TO NW
WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON.
SEAS 2 TO 4 FT S OF 27N...AND 5 TO 7 FT N OF 27N. 
.THU NIGHT...S OF 27N...NW TO N WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...INCREASING TO
10 TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. N OF 27N...W TO NW WINDS 15 TO
20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT S OF 27N...AND 5 TO 7 FT N OF 27N. 
.FRI...NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SAT...NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.SUN...W TO NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.