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FZNT25 KNHC 030228
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1028 PM EDT TUE APR 2 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...FRESH TO STRONG SE WINDS WILL DEVELOP OVER PORTIONS
OF THE WESTERN GULF TONIGHT AND WED IN RESPONSE TO A DEEPENING
LOW PRES SYSTEM OVER TEXAS. THE LOW WILL MOVE INTO THE NW GULF WED
NIGHT...THEN CONTINUE EASTWARD TO SE LOUISIANA THU MORNING...AND
NEAR PENSACOLA FL BY THU NIGHT. THE LOW WILL DRAG A COLD FRONT
ACROSS THE GULF OF MEXICO THU AND FRI. THE FRONT WILL MOVE SE OF
THE AREA LATE FRI. GENTLE TO MODERATE E-SE WINDS WILL PREVAIL
ACROSS THE REGION SAT.

.OVERNIGHT...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...INCREASING TO 10 TO 15 KT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT...BUILDING TO 2 TO 3 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
.WED...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT...BUILDING TO 2 TO
4 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. 
.WED NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT...BUILDING TO
3 TO 5 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. ISOLATED SHOWERS. 
.THU...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT...BUILDING TO 4 TO
6 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.THU NIGHT...S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...SHIFTING TO NW BEHIND FRONT.
SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS NEAR FRONT.
.FRI...NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT.
.SAT...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SUN...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...A FRONTAL TROUGH FROM 28N65W TO THE N CENTRAL COAST OF
HISPANIOLA WILL MERGE WITH A TRAILING COLD FRONT EXTENDING FROM
NEAR BERMUDA THROUGH 28N72W TO NEAR DAYTONA BEACH FL. THE COMBINED
BOUNDARY WILL DISSIPATE OVER THE SE PORTION WED NIGHT. RETURN
FLOW WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE WATERS N OF 28N THU AHEAD OF THE
NEXT COLD FRONT. THAT FRONT WILL REACH FROM 31N76W TO S FLORIDA
FRI AFTERNOON...FROM 31N68W TO THE SE BAHAMAS SAT MORNING...THEN
FROM 28N65W TO THE WINDWARD PASSAGE SUN MORNING WHERE IT WILL
STALL AND DISSIPATE.

.OVERNIGHT...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.WED...S OF 27N...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...INCREASING TO 10 TO 15 KT
IN THE AFTERNOON. N OF 27N...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.WED NIGHT...S OF 27N...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. N OF 27N...E WINDS
5 TO 10 KT...INCREASING TO 10 TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO
3 FT. 
.THU...S OF 27N...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. N OF 27N...SE WINDS
10 TO 15 KT...INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS
2 TO 4 FT...BUILDING TO 3 TO 5 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF
SHOWERS. 
.THU NIGHT...S OF 27N...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT... INCREASING TO
15 TO 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. N OF 27N...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...
BECOMING S 25 TO 30 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT...BUILDING
TO 5 TO 7 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
TSTMS. 
.FRI...SW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...BECOMING NW TO N 15 TO 20 KT BEHIND
FRONT. SEAS 5 TO 8 FT.
.SAT...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SUN...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT IN NW TO N SWELL.