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FZNT25 KNHC 030846
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
446 AM EDT WED APR 3 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...INCREASING WINDS AND SEAS WILL CONTINUE TODAY AS A
DEVELOPING LOW PRES SYSTEM IN NW GULF DEEPENS TONIGHT AND THU
AND TRACKS E-NE ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF. 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. WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND TSTMS ARE
LIKELY ALONG THE FRONT. GENTLE TO MODERATE E-SE WINDS ACROSS THE
REGION SAT WILL BECOME MODERATE TO FRESH SE SUN. 

.TODAY...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.
.TONIGHT...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
.THU...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS.
.THU NIGHT...S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.FRI...NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.SAT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SUN...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...A WEAK COLD FRONT FROM 31N66W TO 28N70W TO 27N80W AND A
PRE-FRONTAL TROUGH FROM 28N65W TO HISPANIOL WILL MERGE FROM 30N59W
TO 22N70W THIS EVENING AND SHIFT E OF THE AREA THU. LOW PRES SYSTEM
MOVING OUT OF THE GULF OF MEXICO TONIGHT AND THU WILL INCREASE
WINDS AND SEAS IN N WATERS THU AND FRI. THE LOW WILL SWEEP A COLD
FRONT OVER THE REGION FRI THROUGH SAT NIGHT. GENTLE TO MODERATE
E-NE WINDS WILL PREVAIL ACROSS THE REGION SUN.

.TODAY...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.
.TONIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.
.THU...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
.THU NIGHT...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT S OF 27N...AND SE 20 TO 25 KT N
OF 27N. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS.
.FRI...SW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 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.