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FZNT25 KNHC 091450
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
950 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 MISSISSIPPI TO
WESTERN GULF 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. FRONT WILL 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 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
.TONIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT.
.TUE...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.
.TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT
AFTER MIDNIGHT. 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 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.FRI...E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...HIGH PRES RIDGE CENTERED NEAR 30N64W WILL MAINTAIN 
STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT AND WINDS S OF 23N E OF 76W THROUGH TUE 
MORNING. THE HIGH WILL SHIFT NE OF THE AREA TUE WITH WEAKENING 
RIDGE PERSISTING TO CENTRAL FLORIDA THROUGH TUE EVENING. A WEAK 
COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO FAR NW WATERS WED MORNING AND BRIEFLY 
STALL FROM NEAR BERMUDA TO CENTRAL FLORIDA. STRONG HIGH PRES 
WILL 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...E 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...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING SE 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 3 TO
5 FT...SUBSIDING TO 2 TO 4 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
.WED...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.THU...NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.FRI...E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT.