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FZNT25 KNHC 012123
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
423 PM 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...A COLD FRONT FROM WESTERN CUBA SW TO INLAND COZUMEL
MEXICO WILL MOVE SLOWLY SE TONIGHT BEFORE MOVING INTO THE NW
CARIBBEAN SAT. STRONG HIGH PRES WILL BUILD SE ACROSS THE AREA
BEHIND THE FRONT THROUGH SAT WITH MODERATE TO STRONG NW TO N
WINDS. THE HIGH WILL SHIFT E AND WEAKEN SUN AND MON...ALLOWING
FOR WINDS AND SEAS TO DECREASE OVER MUCH OF THE AREA. A SECOND
COLD FRONT WILL MOVE OFF THE TEXAS COAST EARLY TUE...REACH FROM
THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE TO SW GULF LATE TUE...THEN QUICKLY
RACE SE TO E OF FLORIDA EARLY ON WED FOLLOWED BY STRONG NW TO N
WINDS AND BUILDING SEAS. CONDITIONS SUBSIDE BY LATE WED AS HIGH
PRES IN ITS WAKE SLIDES E. 

.TONIGHT...NW TO N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. AREAS OF RAIN. 
.SAT...NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT...BUILDING TO 6 TO
8 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. AREAS OF RAIN. 
.SAT NIGHT...NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. 
.SUN...NW TO N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...DIMINISHING TO 15 TO 20 KT IN
THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. AREAS OF RAIN. 
.SUN NIGHT...NW TO N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...DIMINISHING TO 10 TO
15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. AREAS OF RAIN. 
.MON...NE TO E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.TUE...S TO SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.WED...NW TO N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...A COLD FRONT FROM 27N65W TO WESTERN CUBA WILL MOVE
SLOWLY SE THROUGH EARLY SAT. A STRONGER COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP
ACROSS THE AREA AND MERGE WITH THE FIRST COLD FRONT OVER THE SE
PORTION SUN NIGHT AND MON THEN SHIFT E OF AREA LATE MON INTO
TUE. WEAK HIGH PRES WILL QUICKLY SHIFT E ALONG 28N TUE AND WED
ALLOWING FOR SW WINDS TO SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASE OVER THE NW
PORTION TUE...AND THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF NORTHERN PORTION OF
THE AREA THROUGH WED AS YET A STRONGER AND FAST MOVING COLD FRONT
SWEEPS THROUGH AREA FOLLOWED BY STRONG NW WINDS AND BUILDING
SEAS.

.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...DIMINISHING TO
10 TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. N OF 27N...W TO NW WINDS 20 TO
25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.SUN...S OF 27N...W TO NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING NW 15 TO
20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. 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 S OF
27N...AND 5 TO 7 FT N OF 27N. 
.SUN NIGHT...S OF 27N...NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. N OF 27N...W TO NW
WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...DIMINISHING TO 15 TO 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT.
SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.MON...NW TO N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.TUE...SE TO S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.WED...W TO NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT.