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FZNT25 KNHC 082034
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
434 PM 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...A NE TO SW ORIENTED RIDGE WILL REMAIN IN PLACE THROUGH
WED...WEAKENING LATE WED AS THE NEXT COLD FRONT APPROACHES. SE
RETURN FLOW WILL INCREASE TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY WED AHEAD OF THE
FRONT. THE FRONT WILL ENTER THE NW GULF WED NIGHT...REACHING FROM
29N92W TO 21N97W THU MORNING...FROM 30N84W TO 19N92W FRI MORNING...
THEN STALLING FROM NEAR FORT MYERS FLORIDA TO THE W CENTRAL GULF
SAT.

.TONIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT...EXCEPT 5 TO 7 FT IN STRAITS OF FLORIDA. 
.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. ISOLATED SHOWERS. 
.WED NIGHT...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. ISOLATED
SHOWERS. 
.THU...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.FRI...SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...SHIFTING TO E TO SE LATE. SEAS
3 TO 5 FT.
.SAT...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...A WEAKENING STATIONARY FRONT EXTENDING FROM NEAR 23N65W
TO THE SE BAHAMAS WILL DRIFT TO THE N WHILE WEAKENING THROUGH TUE
BEFORE DISSIPATING WED. HIGH PRES CENTERED ACROSS THE W ATLC BETWEEN
CAPE HATTERAS AND BERMUDA WITH A RIDGE EXTENDING TO THE NE GULF
OF MEXICO WILL REMAIN IN PLACE THROUGH FRI...PRODUCING MODERATE
TO LOCALLY FRESH EASTERLY FLOW...GRADUALLY BECOMING SE TO S ACROSS
W PORTIONS WED THROUGH FRI. THE NEXT COLD FRONT MAY ENTER THE NW
PORTION LATE FRI...SLOWLY MOVING EASTWARD N OF 27N THROUGH SAT.

.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. 
.WED...S OF 27N...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...DIMINISHING TO 10 TO
15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. N OF 27N...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS
3 TO 5 FT. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS. 
.WED NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SLIGHT CHANCE
OF SHOWERS. 
.THU...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.FRI...S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...SHIFTING TO NW TO N BEHIND FRONT
LATE. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
.SAT...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...EXCEPT N TO NE 10 TO 15 KT BEHIND
FRONT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.