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FZNT25 KNHC 272134
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
434 PM EST FRI DEC 27 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 FRONTAL TROUGH EXTENDS FROM 26N86W TO 20N91W. THE
COMBINATION OF THIS TROUGH AND HIGH PRES ACROSS THE NORTHERN
PORTION IS RESULTING IN STRONG TO GALE FORCE WINDS OVER PORTIONS
OF THE WESTERN GULF. LOW PRES OF 1016 MB IN THE FAR SW GULF NEAR
21N94.5W WILL DRIFT N TO NE THROUGH SAT WHILE THE FRONTAL TROUGH
LIFTS N. LOW PRES WILL THEN FORM ALONG THE TROUGH DURING
SAT...AND MOVE NE TO THE VICINITY OF THE FAR WESTERN FLORIDA
PANHANDLE SAT NIGHT. THE TROUGH WILL THEN TRANSITION TO A COLD
FRONT BY EARLY SUN AS THE LOW MOVES PULLS AWAY TO THE NE AND
INLAND AWAY FROM THE AREA. NORTHERLY WINDS IN THE WAKE OF THE
FRONT WILL QUICKLY DIMINISH AND BECOME N TO NE BY LATE SUN AS
THE NEXT COLD FRONT ENTERS THE NW GULF. THIS FRONT WILL QUICKLY
MOVE SE WHILE WEAKENING TO NEAR A POSITION FROM THE FLORIDA KEYS
TO THE SW GULF BY MON AFTERNOON. THE FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO
WEAKEN JUST SE OF THE GULF FROM N CENTRAL CUBA TO THE YUCATAN
PENINSULA LATER ON MON AND THROUGH TUE AS HIGH PRES IN ITS WAKE
INTENSIFIES THE PRES GRADIENT OVER THE FAR SOUTHERN WATERS. ON
WED...WEAKENING HIGH PRES OVER THE AREA WILL ALLOW FOR WINDS TO
DIMINISH IN THE FAR SOUTHERN PORTION WHILE THE REMNANTS OF THE
NOW STALLED OUT FRONT REMAIN SE OF THE AREA. 

.TONIGHT...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT...BUILDING TO 3 TO
5 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.SAT...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.SAT NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING S 15 TO 20 KT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.SUN...W WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT...SUBSIDING TO 2 TO
4 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.SUN NIGHT...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...DIMINISHING TO 5 TO 10 KT
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.MON...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.TUE...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.WED...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...A WEAK COLD FRONT FROM 31N73W TO THE CENTRAL BAHAMAS
WILL MOVE E OF THE AREA SAT AFTERNOON AS HIGH PRES BUILDS EASTWARD
IN ITS WAKE. SOUTHERLY RETURN FLOW WILL INCREASE OVER THE NW
PORTION BEGINNING LATE SAT INTO SUN AHEAD OF THE NEXT COLD FRONT.
THIS NEXT COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SE OFF THE SE UNITED STATES COAST
SUN NIGHT...AND REACH FROM NEAR 31N72W TO SE FLORIDA MON...FROM
NEAR 29N65W TO THE CENTRAL BAHAMAS TO W CENTRAL CUBA BY TUE WHILE
WEAKENING AND BECOMING STATIONARY. BY LATE WED...THE REMNANTS OF
THE STATIONARY FRONT WILL BE ACROSS HISPANIOLA AND CUBA AS HIGH
PRES BUILDS SE ACROSS THE FAR NORTHERN WATERS.

.TONIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N...AND NE 15 TO 20 KT N
OF 27N. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT...BUILDING TO 4 TO 6 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT.
SCATTERED SHOWERS N OF 27N. ISOLATED SHOWERS S OF 27N.
.SAT...S OF 27N...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15
KT IN THE AFTERNOON. N OF 27N...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6
FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS N OF 27N. ISOLATED
SHOWERS S OF 27N. 
.SAT NIGHT...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS N OF 27N. ISOLATED SHOWERS S OF 27N. 
.SUN...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N...AND S 20 TO 25 KT N OF
27N. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS N OF 27N.
ISOLATED SHOWERS S OF 27N.
.SUN NIGHT...S OF 27N...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...DIMINISHING TO 5 TO
10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. N OF 27N...SW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT... BECOMING
W 10 TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT...SUBSIDING TO 3 TO 5
FT AFTER MIDNIGHT.
.MON...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.TUE...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.WED...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.