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FZNT25 KNHC 280238
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
938 PM EST WED FEB 27 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 STATIONARY FRONT FROM THE FLORIDA KEYS TO INLAND
THE NE YUCATAN PENINSULA WILL DRIFT SE THROUGH THU NIGHT. A COLD
FRONT EXTENDING FROM NE TEXAS TO BROWNSVILLE WILL QUICKLY MOVE
ACROSS THE GULF AND REACH THE FAR SE WATERS BY THU EVENING AS IT
WEAKENS. THE FRONT WILL BE FOLLOWED BY STRENGTHENING HIGH PRES
THAT BUILDS ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA THROUGH SAT...AND BRING
MODERATE TO STRONG NW TO N WINDS ALONG WITH BUILDING SEAS. WINDS
AND SEAS DECREASE OVER MOST OF THE GULF ON SUN EXCEPT FOR THE
EASTERN GULF PORTION WHERE A TIGHT PRES GRADIENT WILL LINGER
INTO MON. 

.OVERNIGHT...N WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT IN NW SWELL.
SCATTERED SHOWERS FAR SE PART. 
.THU...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS FAR
SE PART. 
.THU NIGHT...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS
FAR SE PART.
.FRI...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. ISOLATED SHOWERS FAR
SE PART. 
.FRI NIGHT...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING NW TO N 10 TO 15 KT
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS FAR SE PART.
.SAT...NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.SUN...NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. 
.MON...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...A COLD FRONT EXTENDS FROM 31N71W TO THE CENTRAL
BAHAMAS WHERE IT BECOMES STATIONARY TO THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA.
THE COLD FRONT PORTION WILL REACH FROM NEAR BERMUDA TO CENTRAL
CUBA THU AFTERNOON...FROM 27N65W TO EASTERN CUBA FRI...THEN
BECOME STATIONARY ACROSS SE WATERS SAT. A STRONGER COLD FRONT
WILL QUICKLY MOVE ACROSS THE REGION LATE SAT AND MERGE WITH THE
STATIONARY FRONT SUN. STRONG W TO NW WINDS AND BUILDING SEAS
WILL SPREAD SE ACROSS JUST ABOUT THE ENTIRE AREA SUN INTO MON.  

.OVERNIGHT...S OF 27N...W WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. N OF 27N...W WINDS
5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING W TO NW 10 TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS
2 TO 3 FT S OF 27N...AND 4 TO 6 FT N OF 27N. SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND ISOLATED TSTMS N OF 27N.. 
.THU...W TO NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT S OF 27N...AND
4 TO 6 FT N OF 27N. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS N OF 27N.
.THU NIGHT...S OF 27N...NW TO N WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3
FT. N OF 27N...W TO NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT.
.FRI...S OF 27N...NW TO N WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. N
OF 27N...W TO NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.FRI NIGHT...NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. ISOLATED
SHOWERS S OF 27N. 
.SAT...NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SUN...W TO NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.MON...NW TO N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT.