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FZNT25 KNHC 040915
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
415 AM EST WED DEC 4 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 RIDGE ALONG 26N WILL SHIFT TO E OF 90W BY FRI AS
IT BECOMES REINFORCED BY ATLC HIGH PRES THAT BUILDS WESTWARD
INTO THE AREA. A COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE FAR NW
GULF EARLY ON FRI. THE FRONT WILL REACH FROM THE FLORIDA
PANHANDLE TO THE CENTRAL GULF...AND TO NEAR VERACRUZ MEXICO BY
SAT. ON SUN...THE FRONT WILL WEAKEN AND LIFT SLIGHTLY N BEFORE
STALLING FROM JUST INLAND THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE TO NEAR SE
LOUISIANA...AND TO WEAK LOW PRES NEAR 26N96W. A COLD FRONT WILL
EXTEND FROM THE LOW PRES SW TO NEAR VERACRUZ. STRONG NORTHERLY
WINDS ALONG WITH BUILDING SEAS WILL IN FOLLOW BEHIND THE COLD
FRONT. WINDS WITH POSSIBLE GUSTS TO GALE FORCE MAY OCCUR IN THE
FAR W CENTRAL GULF NEAR THE MEXICAN COAST. 

.TODAY...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. 
.TONIGHT...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...INCREASING TO 10 TO 15 KT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.THU...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.THU NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT...BUILDING TO 3 TO 5 FT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. 
.FRI...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SAT...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.SUN...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...A WEAK COLD FRONT EXTENDING FROM NEAR 26N65W TO THE
SE BAHAMAS WILL MOVE TO THE FAR SE PORTION TONIGHT...AND
TRANSITION TO A SHEAR LINE THU THROUGH FRI. ELSEWHERE OVER THE
BASIN...HIGH PRES RIDGING WILL STRENGTHEN THROUGH SUN WHILE
BUILDING WESTWARD.

.TODAY...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. ISOLATED SHOWERS
AND TSTMS N OF 27N. ISOLATED SHOWERS S OF 27N E OF 78W.
.TONIGHT...S OF 27N...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...INCREASING TO 10 TO
15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. N OF 27N...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO
3 FT...BUILDING TO 2 TO 4 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. ISOLATED SHOWERS
AND TSTMS N OF 27N. ISOLATED SHOWERS S OF 27N E OF 78W.
.THU...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N...AND SE 5 TO 10 KT N OF 27N.
SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND TSTMS N OF 27N. 
.THU NIGHT...S OF 27N...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. N OF 27N...SE WINDS
5 TO 10 KT...INCREASING TO 10 TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO
4 FT...BUILDING TO 3 TO 5 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. ISOLATED SHOWERS
AND TSTMS N OF 27N. 
.FRI...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SAT...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SUN...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.