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FZNT25 KNHC 280333
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1033 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 26N85W TO A 1016 MB
LOW PRES IN THE FAR SW GULF NEAR 22N94W. THE COMBINATION OF THE
TROUGH AND HIGH PRES ACROSS THE NORTHERN PORTION IS RESULTING IN
STRONG TO GALE FORCE WINDS OVER THE FAR SW AND W CENTRAL
PORTIONS. THE LOW WILL SLOWLY MOVE N TO NE OVERNIGHT BEFORE
ACCELERATING TO THE NE ON SAT WHILE THE FRONTAL TROUGH LIFTS N.
THE LOW REACH TO NEAR THE VICINITY OF THE FAR WESTERN FLORIDA
PANHANDLE BY 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 LATE. THE FRONT WILL CONTINUE
TO WEAKEN AS IT STALLS 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 STALLED FRONT REMAIN SE OF THE AREA. 

.OVERNIGHT...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS...EXCEPT SCATTERED TSTMS FAR SW PART.
.SAT...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 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...SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 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 4 TO 6 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 31N70W TO THE NW BAHAMAS WILL
MOVE E OF THE AREA SAT LATE 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...THEN FROM
NEAR 29N65W TO THE CENTRAL BAHAMAS AND 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.

.OVERNIGHT...S OF 27N...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. N OF 27N...NE WINDS
10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING E 15 TO 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO
4 FT...BUILDING TO 3 TO 5 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
ISOLATED TSTMS 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 15 TO 20 KT N OF
27N. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS N OF
27N. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND TSTMS S OF 27N.
.SUN NIGHT...S OF 27N...S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. 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 5 TO 10 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.