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FZNT25 KNHC 010301
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1001 PM EST THU FEB 28 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 WESTERN CUBA TO NE YUCATAN
PENINSULA WILL DRIFT SE THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. A DRY COLD FRONT
FROM FORT MYERS FLORIDA SW TO 24N89W TO THE WESTERN BAY OF
CAMPECHE WILL REACH FROM S FLORIDA TO YUCATAN PENINSULA LATE
TONIGHT AND SE OF THE GULF EARLY FRI. STRONG HIGH PRES BUILDS SE
ACROSS THE AREA WAKE OF THE FRONT THROUGH SAT WITH MODERATE TO
STRONG NW TO N WINDS THROUGHOUT. THE HIGH THEN SHIFTS TO THE
EASTERN GULF SUN AND MON WHERE IT WEAKENS ALLOWING FOR WINDS AND
SEAS TO DECREASE OVER MUCH OF THE AREA. SOUTHERLY RETURN FLOW
SETS UP OVER THE FAR WESTERN GULF LATE SUN INTO MON IN ADVANCE
OF THE THE NEXT COLD FRONT. THIS FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE OFF
THE TEXAS COAST MON NIGHT INTO TUE...AND REACH FROM THE WESTERN
FLORIDA PANHANDLE TO SW GULF BY LATE TUE. 

.OVERNIGHT...N WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. INTERMITTENT
RAIN.
.FRI...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. AREAS OF RAIN. 
.FRI NIGHT...NW TO N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. AREAS OF RAIN. 
.SAT...NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. AREAS OF RAIN. 
.SAT NIGHT...NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. AREAS OF RAIN. 
.SUN...NW TO N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. 
.MON...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT IN NW SWELL.
.TUE...S TO SW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...A WEAKENING STATIONARY FRONT EXTENDS FROM 31N67W SW
ACROSS THE CENTRAL BAHAMAS TO NW CUBA. A COLD FRONT EXTENDS FROM
31N69W SW TO VERO BEACH FLORIDA. THE COLD FRONT WILL QUICKLY
MOVE SE AND MERGE WITH THE STATIONARY FRONT TONIGHT INTO
FRI...THEN REACH FROM 28N65W TO CENTRAL CUBA FRI MORNING. THE
WILL WEAKEN AS IT BEGINS TO SLOWLY MOVE E THROUGH SAT NIGHT. A
SECOND AND STRONGER COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP ACROSS THE AREA AND
MERGE WITH THE FIRST COLD FRONT OVER THE EASTERN PORTION LATE
SUN INTO MON...AND SHIFT E OF AREA TUE. WEAK HIGH PRES WILL
DEVELOP NEAR THE NORTHERN BAHAMAS LATE MON AND SLIDE E THROUGH
TUE...ALLOWING FOR SW WINDS TO INCREASE OVER THE FAR NW WATERS
IN ADVANCE OF THE NEXT COLD FRONT.  

.OVERNIGHT...S OF 27N...NW 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. SCATTERED
SHOWERS FROM 23N TO 27N. 
.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. SCATTERED
SHOWERS FROM 23N TO 27N. 
.FRI NIGHT...NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. ISOLATED
SHOWERS S OF 27N.
.SAT...S OF 27N...NW TO N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. N
OF 27N...W TO NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. ISOLATED
SHOWERS S OF 27N. 
.SAT NIGHT...S OF 27N...NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. N OF 27N...W TO NW
WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...INCREASING TO 20 TO 25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT.
SEAS 2 TO 4 FT S OF 27N...AND 5 TO 7 FT N OF 27N. 
.SUN...W TO NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.MON...NW TO N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.TUE...S TO SW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.