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FZNT25 KNHC 080859
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
459 AM EDT MON APR 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 ACROSS W ATLC EXTENDING SW INTO N CENTRAL
GULF WILL PREVAIL THROUGH WED TO MAINTAIN SE RETURN FLOW ACROSS
THE GULF WATERS...GRADUALLY INCREASING OVER THE WESTERN GULF
LATE TODAY THROUGH WED AHEAD OF NEXT COLD FRONT. THIS NEXT FRONT
IS EXPECTED TO SLOWLY ENTER THE NW GULF WED NIGHT...REACHING
FROM NEAR NEW ORLEANS TO TUXPAN MEXICO THU MORNING...THEN FROM
30N83W TO CENTRAL BAY OF CAMPECHE FRI MORNING. 

.TODAY...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT...SUBSIDING TO
2 TO 3 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. 
.TONIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT...BUILDING TO 2 TO 4 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT.
ISOLATED SHOWERS. 
.TUE...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.TUE NIGHT...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.WED...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.THU...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.FRI...SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...WEAKENING STATIONARY FRONT EXTENDING FROM 25N65W TO
THE TURKS AND CAICOS WILL DRIFT N WHILE WEAKENING THROUGH TUE
BEFORE DISSIPATING. HIGH PRES CENTERED ACROSS THE W ATLC BETWEEN
CAPE HATTERAS AND BERMUDA WITH RIDGE EXTENDING SW INTO NE GULF OF
MEXICO WILL REMAIN IN PLACE THROUGH FRI TO PRODUCE MODERATE TO
LOCALLY FRESH EASTERLY FLOW...GRADUALLY BECOMING SE TO S ACROSS W
PORTIONS WED THROUGH FRI.

.TODAY...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.TONIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.TUE...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.TUE NIGHT...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT S OF 27N...AND SE 10 TO 15 KT N
OF 27N. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS. 
.WED...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.THU...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.FRI...S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.