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FZNT25 KNHC 020324
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1024 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...HIGH PRES BUILDING SE ACROSS THE AREA WILL INTENSIFY
SOME THROUGH SAT NIGHT RESULTING IN MODERATE TO STRONG NW TO N
WINDS ACROSS THE GULF. THE HIGH PRES WILL SHIFT EASTWARD 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 A POSITION 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. 

.OVERNIGHT...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. AREAS OF RAIN 
WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS.
.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. AREAS OF RAIN. 
.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. 
.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 26N65W TO CENTRAL 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.  

.OVERNIGHT...NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. AREAS OF RAIN
WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS.
.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. AREAS OF RAIN S OF 28N.
.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. ISOLATED SHOWERS S OF 27N.
.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.