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FZNT25 KNHC 080822
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
322 AM EST FRI MAR 8 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 PREVAILS ACROSS THE BASIN WITH FRESH SE
RETURN FLOW OVER THE WESTERN GULF AND GENTLE TO MODERATE
ANTICYCLONIC BREEZE PREVAILING THROUGH TONIGHT. SE RETURN FLOW
WILL INCREASE AND SPREAD EASTWARD THIS WEEKEND AHEAD OF A COLD
FRONT EXPECTED TO ENTER THE NW GULF WATERS SUN NIGHT. THE COLD
FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM CENTRAL LOUISIANA TO THE BAY OF CAMPECHE
MON MORNING AND FROM N FLORIDA TO THE YUCATAN PENINSULA TUE
MORNING. N WINDS WILL INCREASE TO GALE FORCE S OF 25N BEHIND THE
COLD FRONT ALONG THE COAST OF MEXICO MON...THEN DIMINISH BELOW
GALE FORCE BY MON NIGHT. 

.TODAY...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.
.TONIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.SAT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING E 15 TO 20 KT
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT...BUILDING TO 3 TO 5 FT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. 
.SUN...E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.MON...SE TO S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.TUE...NW TO N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...A COLD FRONT ACROSS THE SE PORTION OF THE FORECAST
AREA WILL SHIFT E OF THE AREA TODAY. WINDS N OF 29N E OF 72W
WILL BRIEFLY DIMINISH BELOW GALE FORCE TODAY BEFORE ONCE AGAIN
INCREASING TO GALE FORCE THIS EVENING. THE GALE FORCE WINDS WILL
THEN SHIFT E OF THE AREA BY SAT NIGHT. LARGE NORTHERLY SWELL
WILL COVER THE BASIN E OF THE BAHAMAS THROUGH TUE. A SECOND COLD
FRONT WILL SHIFT INTO THE FAR NW PART OF THE FORECAST AREA TUE. 

.TODAY...S OF 27N...N TO NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
N OF 27N...NW TO N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. 
.TONIGHT...S OF 27N...N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO
6 FT. N OF 27N...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT. 
.SAT...S OF 27N...N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. N
OF 27N...N TO NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT S OF 27N...AND
9 TO 14 FT N OF 27N. 
.SUN...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. 
.MON...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. 
.TUE...S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.