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FZNT25 KNHC 082140
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
440 PM 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 CENTER OVER WESTERN GULF MOVE E INTO
WESTERN ATLC MON ALLOWING SE RETURN FLOW W OF 95W AS COLD FRONT
ENTERS NW GULF WATERS SUN NIGHT. COLD FRONT REACH FROM CENTRAL
LOUISIANA TO BAY OF CAMPECHE EARLY MON AND FROM N FLORIDA TO
YUCATAN PENINSULA EARLY TUE. STRONG N WINDS BEHIND FRONT
EXPECTED TO REACH GALE FORCE OVER WESTERN GULF S OF 26N...THEN
DIMINISH BELOW GALE FORCE MON NIGHT AS HIGH PRES SETTLES IN
ACROSS AREA THROUGH TUE. 

.TONIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.SAT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT BECOMING E 15 TO 20 KT
LATE. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT BUILDING TO 5 FT LATE.
.SUN...E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.SUN NIGHT...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. 
.WED...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...STRONG LOW PRES N OF BASIN MOVES SE BRINGING GALE
FORCE WINDS INTO EASTERN PART OF NORTHERN ZONES TONIGHT AND SAT.
WINDS THEN SHIFT TO E OF 65W SAT NIGHT. HIGH PRES OVER EASTERN
SEABOARD SLIDES JUST N OF AREA BRINGING MODERATE ANTICYCLONIC
BREEZE ACROSS BASIN...BUT LARGE LINGERING LONG PERIOD N-NW
SWELLS REMAIN ACROSS ENTIRE BASIN E OF BAHAMAS THROUGH TUE.  

.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. N OF 27N...N TO NE
WINDS 15 TO 20 KT DIMINISHING TO 10 KT LATE. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT S OF
27N AND TO 12 FT IN NW SWELL N OF 27N.
.SAT NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT S OF 27N AND
TO 13 FT N OF 27N.
.SUN...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT S OF 27N
AND TO 14 FT IN NW SWELL N OF 27N.
.SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT S OF 27N
AND TO 13 FT N OF 27N.
.MON...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. 
.TUE...S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.WED...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. IN NW SWELL