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FZNT25 KNHC 090224
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1024 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 ACROSS THE W GULF 
TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY WED AHEAD OF THE FRONT. THE FRONT WILL
ENTER THE NW GULF WED NIGHT...REACHING FROM 29N92W TO 21N97W THU
...FROM 30N84W TO 19N92W FRI...THEN STALLING FROM NEAR FORT MYERS
FLORIDA TO THE W CENTRAL GULF SAT.

.OVERNIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT...EXCEPT 4 TO 7 FT IN STRAITS OF
FLORIDA. 
.TUE...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT...EXCEPT 4 TO 7 FT IN
STRAITS OF FLORIDA. 
.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 TO SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...EXCEPT NE TO E WINDS N OF FRONT. 
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 BEGIN TO DRIFT TO THE N WHILE
WEAKENING THROUGH TUE...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...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.

.OVERNIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. ISOLATED
SHOWERS. 
.TUE...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. ISOLATED SHOWERS. 
.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. ISOLATED SHOWERS. 
.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. ISOLATED SHOWERS. 
.WED NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. ISOLATED
SHOWERS. 
.THU...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.FRI...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KT LATE.
SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
.SAT...E TO SE WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT IN SE SWELL.