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FZNT25 KNHC 011438
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1038 AM EDT WED MAY 1 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 COLD FRONT IS FORECAST TO MOVE INTO THE NW GULF
LATE THU. STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS WILL FOLLOW BEHIND THE
FRONT...REACHING GALE FORCE FRI MORNING OFF THE COAST OF
TAMAULIPAS. WINDS AND SEAS WILL DIMINISH AS THE FRONT SHIFTS SE
AND WEAKENS THROUGH SAT. WEAK HIGH PRES IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP
OVER THE NW GULF IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT. LOW PRES WILL DEVELOP
OVER THE CENTRAL GULF BY FRI AND SHIFT E ACROSS THE FLORIDA
PENINSULA SAT AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT. 

.THIS AFTERNOON...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.TONIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT...BUILDING TO
2 TO 4 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.THU...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT...SUBSIDING TO 2 TO
3 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.THU NIGHT...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
TSTMS. 
.FRI...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.SAT...NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.SUN...NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...LOW PRES 1016 MB NEAR 31N75W WILL WEAKEN INTO A
TROUGH AS IT SHIFTS S TODAY. THE TROUGH WILL THEN DISSIPATE
THROUGH THU. EXPECT INCREASING WINDS AND BUILDING SEAS IN THE
OFFSHORE WATERS OFF NE FLORIDA STARTING LATE TODAY AS HIGH PRES
BUILDS FROM THE N AND ANOTHER AREA OF LOW PRES MOVES INTO THE E
CENTRAL GULF.

.THIS AFTERNOON...S OF 27N...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. N OF 27N...NE
WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING N 10 TO 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS
2 TO 4 FT. 
.TONIGHT...S OF 27N...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. N OF 27N...N WINDS
10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING NE 15 TO 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 TO
5 FT...BUILDING TO 4 TO 6 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
.THU...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT S OF 27N...AND E 20 TO 25 KT N OF 27N.
SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.THU NIGHT...S OF 27N...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT... INCREASING TO 10 TO
15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. N OF 27N...E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO
6 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.FRI...E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.SAT...SE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.SUN...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.