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FZNT25 KNHC 010919
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
419 AM EST FRI MAR 1 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...COLD FRONT FROM N BAHAMAS THROUGH STRAITS OF FLORIDA
TO 23.5N87W TO CENTRAL BAY OF CAMPECHE WILL DRIFT SE AND REACH
NW COAST OF CUBA THROUGH YUCATAN CHANNEL THIS EVENING AND THEN
SHIFT SE INTO NW CARIBBEAN SAT. STRONG HIGH PRES WILL BUILD SE
ACROSS THE AREA IN WAKE OF THE FRONT THROUGH SAT WITH MODERATE
TO STRONG NW TO N WINDS THROUGHOUT. HIGH WILL THEN SHIFT TO THE
CENTRAL THEN EASTERN GULF SUN AND MON WHERE IT WILL WEAKEN
ALLOWING FOR WINDS AND SEAS TO DECREASE OVER MUCH OF THE AREA.
SOUTHERLY RETURN FLOW WILL SET 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.

.TODAY...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.TONIGHT...NW TO N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.SAT...NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...INCREASING TO 20 TO 25 KT
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. 
.SUN...NW TO N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. 
.MON...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.TUE...S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...A WEAKENING STATIONARY FRONT EXTENDS FROM 28N65W SW
ACROSS THE CENTRAL BAHAMAS TO NW CUBA...WHILE A REINFORCING COLD
FRONT EXTENDS FROM NEAR BERMUDA SW THROUGH THE N BAHAMAS AND
STRAITS OF FLORIDA. BOTH BOUNDARIES WILL SHIFT SLIGHTLY SE
THROUGH SAT THEN MEANDER ACROSS CENTRAL BAHAMAS AND E CUBA SAT
NIGHT THEN BE FORCED INTO SE PORTIONS LATE SUN. A NEW COLD FRONT
WILL SWEEP SE ACROSS THE AREA AND MERGE WITH THE FIRST COLD
FRONT OVER THE SE PORTION SUN NIGHT 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.  

.TODAY...S OF 27N...NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...DIMINISHING TO 5 TO
10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. N OF 27N...W TO NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT.
SEAS 2 TO 3 FT S OF 27N...AND 4 TO 6 FT N OF 27N. 
.TONIGHT...NW TO N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N...AND W TO NW
15 TO 20 KT N OF 27N. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
.SAT...S OF 27N...NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. N OF 27N...W TO NW WINDS
15 TO 20 KT...INCREASING TO 20 TO 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS
3 TO 5 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...S OF 27N...NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING W TO NW
10 TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. N OF 27N...W TO NW WINDS 20 TO
25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.SUN...W TO NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.MON...NW TO N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.TUE...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.