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FZNT25 KNHC 040314
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1014 PM 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...HIGH PRES CENTERED OVER THE CENTRAL GULF WILL SLIDE
E THROUGH LATE MON NIGHT ALLOWING FOR SOUTHERLY RETURN FLOW
CURRENTLY OVER THE NW GULF TO STRENGTHEN IN ADVANCE OF THE NEXT
COLD FRONT EXPECTED TO ENTER THE NW PORTION TUE MORNING. THE
FRONT WILL THEN QUICKLY REACH FROM NEAR APALACHICOLA FLORIDA TO
NEAR TAMPICO MEXICO TUE EVENING...FROM NEAR FORT MYERS TO THE SW
GULF EARLY WED...AND TO SE OF THE GULF WED EVENING. HIGH PRES IN
THE WAKE OF THE FRONT WILL SHIFT EASTWARD ACROSS THE AREA THU
AND FRI. 

.OVERNIGHT...NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT BECOMING NW TO N 10 TO 15 KT
AFTER MIDNIGHT...EXCEPT E OF 84W NW 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9
FT IN NW SWELL...EXCEPT E OF 84W  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...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.
.TUE...SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.TUE NIGHT...SW 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. 
.FRI...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...A COLD FRONT FROM 26N65W TO THE EASTERN PART OF THE
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC WILL REACH EACH FROM 22N65W TO THE MONA
PASSAGE EARLY ON MON...THEN SHIFT TO JUST SE OF THE AREA MON 
EVENING. 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...GALE FORCE WINDS EXPECTED N OF 29N. LARGE NW
SWELL WILL FOLLOW IN BEHIND HE FRONT E OF THE BAHAMAS WED
THROUGH FRI.  

...GALE CONDITIONS EXPECTED N OF 29N WED...

.OVERNIGHT...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 3 TO 5 FT S OF
27N...AND 6 TO 8 FT N OF 27N. 
.MON NIGHT...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING N TO NE 5 TO 10 KT
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT...SUBSIDING TO 2 TO 4 FT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. 
.TUE...S OF 27N...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. N OF 27N...W WINDS LESS
THAN 5 KT...BECOMING S TO SW 10 TO 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS
2 TO 4 FT. 
.TUE NIGHT...S OF 27N...SE TO S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO
2 FT. N OF 27N...S TO SW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING SW 20 TO
25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT...BUILDING TO 4 TO 6 FT
AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
.WED...W WINDS 25 TO 30 KT...EXCEPT N OF 29N 30 TO 35 KT. SEAS 6 TO
8 FT...EXCEPT N OF 27N 8 TO 13 FT.
.THU...NW TO N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT IN NW SWELL. 
.FRI...N TO NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT IN NW SWELL.