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FZNT25 KNHC 050331
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1031 PM 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 W CENTRAL FLORIDA WILL SLIDE E TO
THE WESTERN ATLANTIC BY TUE MORNING ALLOWING FOR SOUTHERLY
RETURN FLOW OVER THE NW GULF TO STRENGTHEN IN ADVANCE OF THE
NEXT COLD FRONT. THE FRONT WILL ENTER THE NW PORTION TUE
MORNING.. THEN MOVE TO A POSITION REACH FROM NEAR APALACHICOLA
FLORIDA TO NEAR TAMPICO MEXICO TUE EVENING...FROM NEAR FORT
MYERS TO THE FAR SW GULF WED MORNING...AND TO SE OF THE GULF WED
EVENING. HIGH PRES WAKE OF THE FRONT WILL SHIFT EASTWARD ACROSS
THE AREA THU AND FRI. 

.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...W TO NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...BECOMING NW 15 TO 20 KT IN
THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.WED NIGHT...NW TO N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 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. 
.SAT...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...A COLD FRONT OVER THE FAR SE WATERS WILL SHIFT SE OF
THE AREA LATE TONIGHT. A PAIR OF FRONTAL TROUGHS WILL ROTATE
THROUGH THE AREA BEHIND THE FRONT WITH GALE FORCE WINDS EXPECTED
ACROSS A PORTION OF THE NORTHERN WATERS TONIGHT. ANOTHER STRONG
COLD FRONT WILL ENTER THE NW PORTION LATE TUE NIGHT...REACHING
FROM NEAR 31N77W TO NEAR MELBOURNE FLORIDA WED MORNING...FROM
30N65W TO THE SE BAHAMAS THU MORNING...AND MOVE E OF THE AREA
FRI. ANOTHER EPISODE OF GALE FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE
WATERS N OF 28N AHEAD OF AND BEHIND THE FRONT WED THROUGH THU.
THIS FRONT WILL STEM FROM DEEPENING SLOW MOVING LOW PRES N OF
THE AREA WHICH WILL BUILD SEAS TO NEAR 20 FT ALONG 31N BY THE
END OF THE WEEK.  

...GALE WARNING N OF 28N...

.TONIGHT...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING N TO NE 5 TO 10 KT
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT S OF 27N...AND 4 TO 6 FT N OF
27N. 
.TUE...S OF 27N...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. N OF 27N...NE TO E 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 4 FT...BUILDING TO 4 TO 6 FT
AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
.WED...S OF 28N...SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING W 15 TO 20 KT
IN THE AFTERNOON. N OF 28N...SW TO W WINDS 30 TO 35 KT...
BECOMING W 25 TO 30 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT S OF
27N...AND 7 TO 10 FT N OF 27N.
.WED NIGHT...S OF 28N...W TO NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT IN THE
EVENING. WINDS NW 20 TO 25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. N OF 28N...W TO NW
WINDS 25 TO 35 KT...DIMINISHING TO 25 TO 30 KT LATE. SEAS 4 TO 6
FT S OF 27N...AND 8 TO 10 FT N OF 28N.
.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. 
.SAT...N TO NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT.