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FZNT25 KNHC 030849
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
349 AM EST SUN MAR 3 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...REINFORCING HIGH PRES AND ASSOCIATED COLD AIR WILL
CONTINUE TO BUILD SE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON WITH
TIGHT PRES GRADIENT ACROSS CENTRAL AND E PORTIONS PRODUCING
MODERATE TO STRONG NW TO N WINDS. THE HIGH WILL SHIFT E THIS
AFTERNOON THROUGH MON WHILE WEAKENING ALLOWING FOR WINDS AND
SEAS TO DECREASE OVER MUCH OF THE AREA. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE
OFF THE TEXAS COAST TUE MORNING...REACH FROM NEAR APALACHICOLA
FLORIDA TO THE SW GULF LATE TUE...FROM NEAR TAMPA FLORIDA TO THE
BAY OF CAMPECHE EARLY WED...AND TO SE OF THE AREA LATE WED.
STRONG NW TO N WINDS AND BUILDING SEAS ARE EXPECTED WAKE OF THE
FRONT. WINDS AND SEAS WILL SUBSIDE OVER MOST OF GULF THU...
EXCEPT SE PORTION WHERE NW SWELLS WILL LINGER. 

.TODAY...NW TO N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...BECOMING NW 15 TO 20 KT IN
THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. 
.TONIGHT...NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING NW TO N 10 TO 15 KT
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT...SUBSIDING TO 5 TO 7 FT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. 
.MON...N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING NE TO E 5 TO 10 KT
IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.MON NIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING SE 10 TO 15 KT
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.TUE...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.WED...NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.THU...N TO NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...COLD FRONT FROM NEAR BERMUDA TO E COAST OF CUBA WILL
SHIFT SE THROUGH MON. REINFORCING COLD FRONT ACROSS NW WATERS
WILL SWEEP ACROSS THE AREA TODAY AND MERGE WITH THE FIRST COLD
FRONT OVER THE SE PORTION MON AND SHIFT SE OF AREA 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 THE N PORTION OF THE AREA WED THROUGH
THU AS YET A STRONGER AND FAST MOVING COLD FRONT SWEEPS THROUGH
THE AREA FOLLOWED BY STRONG NW WINDS AND BUILDING SEAS...WITH
CHANCE FOR GALES N OF 28N.

.TODAY...S OF 27N...W TO NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
N OF 27N...W TO NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.TONIGHT...S OF 27N...W TO NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...BECOMING NW
15 TO 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. N OF 27N...W TO NW WINDS 20 TO
25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.MON...S OF 27N...NW TO N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING N 10 TO
15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. N OF 27N...NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...
DIMINISHING TO 15 TO 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.MON NIGHT...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING N TO NE 5 TO 10 KT
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.TUE...SE TO S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.WED...W WINDS 25 TO 30 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. 
.THU...NW TO N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT.