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FZNT25 KNHC 051454
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
954 AM EST TUE MAR 5 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 FLORIDA
PENINSULA WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE TO THE E ALLOWING FOR STRONG
SOUTHERLY RETURN FLOW OVER THE NW AND N CENTRAL GULF IN ADVANCE
OF THE NEXT COLD FRONT. THE FRONT WILL ENTER THE NW PORTIONS
LATER THIS MORNING...REACHING FROM NEAR APALACHICOLA FLORIDA TO
NEAR TUXPAN MEXICO THIS EVENING...FROM NEAR FORT MYERS TO THE
FAR SW GULF WED MORNING...PUSHING SE OF THE GULF WED NIGHT. HIGH
PRES IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT WILL SHIFT EASTWARD ACROSS THE
AREA THU THROUGH SAT WITH SOUTHERLY RETURN FLOW INCREASING
ACROSS THE GULF BY LATE SAT. 

.TODAY...SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.TONIGHT...SW TO W WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS. 
.WED...W TO NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...BECOMING NW 15 TO 20 KT IN
THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
TSTMS NEAR FRONT.
.WED NIGHT...NW TO N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 8 FT.
.THU...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.FRI...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 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 EXTENDING FROM 22N58W TO THE ANEGADA
PASSAGE WILL SHIFT E OF AMZ127 BY WED MORNING. A REINFORCING
COLD FRONT REACHING FROM 25N65W TO 25N73W WILL ALSO PUSH E OF
THE AREA WED. A THIRD AND MUCH STRONGER COLD FRONT WILL ENTER
THE NW WATERS LATE TONIGHT...EXTENDING FROM 31N77W TO NEAR FORT
PIERCE FLORIDA WED MORNING...FROM 30N65W TO EASTERN CUBA THU
MORNING...SHIFTING E OF THE AREA ON FRI. GALE FORCE WINDS WILL
BE AHEAD OF AND BEHIND THE THIRD FRONT ACROSS THE WATERS N OF
28N. THIS FRONT WILL STEM FROM DEEPENING AND SLOW MOVING LOW PRES
N OF THE AREA WHICH WILL BUILD SEAS TO NEAR 20 FT ALONG 31N BY
THE END OF THE WEEK INTO THE WEEKEND WITH LARGE NW SWELL OF 8 FT
OR GREATER SPREADING ACROSS ENTIRE AREA BY THEN.

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

.TODAY...S OF 27N...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. N OF 27N...SE TO S
WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING S TO SW 10 TO 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON.
SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.
.TONIGHT...S OF 28N...E TO SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING S 10 TO
15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. N OF 28N...S TO SW WINDS 15
TO 20 KT...BECOMING SW 25 TO 35 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT... SEAS 2 TO 4
FT...BUILDING TO 4 TO 7 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
ISOLATED TSTMS NEAR FRONT.
.WED...S OF 28N...SW TO W WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. N
OF 28N...W WINDS 25 TO 35 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND ISOLATED TSTMS NEAR FRONT.
.WED NIGHT...S OF 27N...W TO NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6
FT. N OF 27N...NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT.
.THU...NW TO N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.FRI...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.SAT...N TO NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT IN NW SWELL.