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FZNT25 KNHC 090947
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
447 AM EST MON DEC 9 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 STATIONARY FRONT EXTENDING FROM EXTREME SE
LOUISIANA TO UPPER MEXICAN COAST WILL MEANDER ACROSS NW PORTIONS
THROUGH TONIGHT THEN BEGIN TO SHIFT SE TUE...AND REACH FROM NEAR
TAMPA BAY TO W GULF NEAR 23N95W TO W BAY OF CAMPECHE TUE
NIGHT...WHERE IT WILL BRIEFLY STALL. A BRIEF PERIOD OF N GALES
ARE EXPECTED W PORTIONS TUE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. FRONT TO THEN
MOVE SE WED NIGHT THROUGH FRI MORNING AS STRONG HIGH PRES BUILDS
ACROSS SE U.S...WITH FRONT TO BECOME STATIONARY LATE FRI FROM
STRAITS OF FLORIDA TO 21N96W TO W BAY OF CAMPECHE. 

.TODAY...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.TONIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT...SUBSIDING TO
2 TO 4 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
.TUE...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...DIMINISHING TO 5 TO 10 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT...SUBSIDING TO 2 TO 3 FT IN THE
AFTERNOON. 
.TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT...BUILDING TO
3 TO 5 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
.WED...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.THU...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.FRI...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...1028 MB HIGH NEAR 30N66W RIDGES E AND W ALONG 30N AND
WILL MAINTAIN STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT AND WINDS S OF 23N E OF
76W THROUGH TUE MORNING. THE HIGH WILL BEGIN SHIFT NE OF THE AREA
TUE WITH SLOWLY WEAKENING RIDGE PERSISTING TO CENTRAL FLORIDA
THROUGH TUE EVENING BEFORE THE RIDGE SHIFTS E LATE TUE NIGHT
ALLOWING A WEAK COLD FRONT TO MOVE INTO FAR NW WATERS AND REACH
FROM NEAR BERMUDA TO CENTRAL FLORIDA WED MORNING WHERE IT WILL
BRIEFLY STALL. STRONG HIGH PRES WILL THEN BUILD OFF E COAST OF
U.S. EARLY THU THROUGH FRI AND FORCE FRONT SE...REACHING FROM
26.5N65W TO FLORIDA KEYS FRI AFTERNOON.

.TODAY...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT S OF 27N...AND S 10 TO 15 KT N OF
27N. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.TONIGHT...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT S OF 27N...AND S 10 TO 15 KT N OF
27N. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.TUE...S OF 27N...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT... DIMINISHING TO 10 TO
15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. N OF 27N...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO
5 FT. 
.TUE NIGHT...S OF 27N...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. N OF 27N...SW WINDS
5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING NE 10 TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO
4 FT. 
.WED...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.THU...NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.FRI...E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT.