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FZNT25 KNHC 040914
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
414 AM EST MON MAR 4 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 N CENTRAL GULF WILL
SLIDE E THROUGH TONIGHT 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 LATE TUE MORNING.
THE FRONT WILL THEN QUICKLY REACH FROM NEAR APALACHICOLA FLORIDA
TO NEAR TAMPICO MEXICO TUE EVENING...FROM NEAR FORT MYERS TO THE
FAR SW GULF EARLY WED...AND MOVE SE OF THE GULF LATE WED
EVENING. HIGH PRES IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT WILL SHIFT EASTWARD
ACROSS THE AREA THU AND FRI. 

.TODAY...N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING NE TO E 5 TO 10 KT
IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.TONIGHT...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING SE 10 TO 15 KT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.TUE...SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.TUE NIGHT...SW TO W 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 WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...A COLD FRONT FROM 23N65W TO CENTRAL DOMINICAN
REPUBLIC WILL DRIFT SE AND REACH THE MONA PASSAGE THIS EVENING
AND THEN SHIFT JUST SE OF THE AREA TUE THROUGH WED. WEAK HIGH
PRES WILL QUICKLY SHIFT E ALONG 27N 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
GALE FORCE WINDS EXPECTED N OF 29N. VERY LARGE NW SWELL WILL
FOLLOW IN BEHIND THE FRONT E OF THE BAHAMAS WED THROUGH FRI.  

...GALE CONDITIONS EXPECTED WEDNESDAY...

.TODAY...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. 
.TONIGHT...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...N 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 2 TO
3 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 35 KT. SEAS 5 TO 8 FT.
.THU...NW TO N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. 
.FRI...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT.