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FZNT25 KNHC 131534
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1034 AM EST WED NOV 13 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 EXTENDING FROM CENTRAL FLORIDA NEAR
LAKE OKEECHOBEE TO JUST S OF VERA CRUZ MEXICO WILL RACE SE
ACROSS THE GULF TODAY AND STALL FROM NW CUBA ACROSS THE N
YUCATAN CHANNEL TO CENTRAL BAY OF CAMPECHE THIS EVENING...THEN
BEGIN TO DRIFT N ACROSS SE AND S CENTRAL PORTIONS THU AND FRI.
GALE FORCE WINDS AND FREQUENT GALE FORCE GUSTS WILL PREVAIL
ACROSS CENTRAL AND SW PORTIONS NW OF FRONT THROUGH TONIGHT THEN
SHIFT INTO SW BAY OF CAMPECHE THU BEFORE ENDING THU EVENING. A
TROUGH OR WEAK LOW PRES EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ON THE SOUTHERN END
OF THE FRONT OVER THE BAY OF CAMPECHE THU TO MAINTAIN FRESH
NORTHERLY FLOW SW PORTIONS. WINDS AND SEAS WILL DIMINISH LATE
THU THROUGH SAT AS HIGH PRES BEHIND THE FRONT MOVES E. 

...GALE WARNING...

.TODAY...NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT...BUILDING TO 7 TO
10 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.TONIGHT...NE WINDS 25 TO 30 KT WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO 40 KT NW
PORTIONS...DIMINISHING TO 20 TO 25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 7 TO
10 FT...BUILDING TO 8 TO 11 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT.
.THU...E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT...SUBSIDING TO 6 TO
9 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.THU NIGHT...E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT...SUBSIDING TO
6 TO 8 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.FRI...E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.SAT...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SUN...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...BROAD TROUGH EXTENDING FROM CENTRAL BAHAMAS TO NEAR
BERMUDA WILL WEAKEN AND DRIFT SE TODAY AS A STRONG COLD FRONT
ACROSS NW PORTIONS THIS MORNING MOVES SE ACROSS THE AREA...
REACHING FROM 29N65W TO STRAITS OF FLORIDA THIS EVENING...THEN
STALLING AND WEAKENING FROM 24.5N65W TO NW COAST OF CUBA THU
EVENING. STRONG TO GALE FORCE NORTHERLY WINDS AND BUILDING SEAS
TO 12 TO 15 FT WILL SPREAD S BEHIND FRONT ACROSS NW WATERS AND
BRIEFLY INTO NW AND CENTRAL BAHAMAS AND ADJACENT ATLC WATERS THIS
EVENING...BEFORE SLOWLY DIMINISHING OVERNIGHT. WINDS AND SEAS
WILL THEN DIMINISH GRADUALLY AREA WIDE THU THROUGH SAT.

...GALE WARNING...

.TODAY...S OF 27N...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING NE 20 TO 25 KT
IN THE AFTERNOON. N OF 27N...N WINDS 25 TO 30 KT WITH FREQUENT
GUSTS TO 40 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT...BUILDING TO 8 TO 11 FT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS.
.TONIGHT...NE WINDS 25 TO 30 KT WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO 40 KT
DURING THE EVENING...DIMINISHING TO 20 TO 25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT.
SEAS 8 TO 11 FT.
.THU...NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT S OF 27N...AND E 15 TO 20 KT N OF
27N. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT...SUBSIDING TO 6 TO 9 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. 
.THU NIGHT...S OF 27N...E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT... DIMINISHING TO
15 TO 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. N OF 27N...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS
6 TO 8 FT...SUBSIDING TO 5 TO 7 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
.FRI...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.SAT...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.SUN...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.