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FZNT25 KNHC 291526
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1026 AM EST SUN DEC 29 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 COLD FRONT FROM APALACHICOLA FLORIDA TO 25N88W AND
SW TO THE EASTERN BAY OF CAMPECHE REACH FROM NEAR FORT MYERS SW
TO THE FAR NW YUCATAN PENINSULA THIS EVENING...THEN STALL FROM
FLORIDA KEYS TO 22N E OF 90W ON MON. A SECOND COLD FRONT WILL
MOVE OFF THE TEXAS COAST TONIGHT AND QUICKLY MOVE SE...MERGING
WITH THE STALLED FRONT FROM SW FLORIDA TO W BAY OF CAMPECHE ON
TUE. LOW PRES WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE WESTERN GULF ALONG THE
WESTERN PORTION OF THE FRONT EARLY ON MON AS HIGH PRES SURGES
SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE WESTERN GULF. THE RESULTANT TIGHT PRES
GRADIENT WILL BRING GALE FORCE WINDS TO PORTIONS OF THE WESTERN
GULF MON NIGHT AND TUE. BY LATE TUE...THE STALLED FRONT WILL
EXTEND FROM STRAITS OF FLORIDA TO ALONG 22N WESTWARD TO 94W
WHERE IT WILL TRANSITION TO A COLD FRONT EXTENDING S INTO THE SW
GULF. HIGH PRES N OF THE FRONT WILL BUILD ACROSS THE ENTIRE GULF
BY THEN WITH A TIGHT PRES GRADIENT CONFINED FROM THE FRONT N TO
27N. THE FRONT WILL LIFT NORTHWARD WED AND THU WHILE DISSIPATING
IN RESPONSE TO WEAK LOW PRES THAT AGAIN FORMS IN THE WESTERN
GULF...AND AS YET ANOTHER COLD FRONT ENTERS THE WESTERN GULF
EARLY ON THU. THIS FRONT WILL ALSO QUICKLY MOVE E REACHING FROM
SW FLORIDA TO NORTHERN THE NORTHERN YUCATAN PENINSULA BY LATE
THU. STRONG HIGH PRES WILL BUILD SE ACROSS THE GULF IN ITS WAKE.

.TODAY...S TO SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT BECOMING W 5 TO 10 KT
LATE...EXCEPT STRAITS OF FLORIDA S TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 
2 TO 4 FT...EXCEPT 4 TO 6 FT STRAITS OF FLORIDA SUBSIDING TO 
2 TO 4 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS.
.TONIGHT...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...DIMINISHING TO 5 TO 10 KT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT...SUBSIDING TO 2 TO 3 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS.
.MON...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...DIMINISHING TO 5 TO 10 KT IN
THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
TSTMS E OF 85W.
.MON NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT...BUILDING TO 2 TO 4 FT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS.
.TUE...NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.WED...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.THU...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...HIGH PRES FROM NEAR BERMUDA TO THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA
WILL SLIDE EASTWARD THROUGH TUE WHILE WEAKENING ALLOWING FOR A
COLD FRONT TO MOVE OFF THE SE UNITED STATES COAST EARLY THIS
AFTERNOON. THE FRONT WILL REACH FROM NEAR 31N72W TO SE FLORIDA
MON...THEN BEGIN TO SLOW DOWN. THE FRONT WILL REACH FROM NEAR
BERMUDA TO THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA BY EARLY WED WHERE IT WILL
BECOME STATIONARY AND BEGIN TO DISSIPATE INTO THU.

.TODAY...S OF 27N...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING S 15 TO 20 KT
IN THE AFTERNOON. N OF 27N...S TO SW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT BECOMING 
W TO NW 15 TO 20 KT W OF 79W IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 6 TO 9
FT...SUBSIDING TO 5 TO 7 FT W OF 79W IN THE AFTERNOON. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS N OF 27N W OF 75W. SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND ISOLATED TSTMS S OF 27N W OF 77W.
.TONIGHT...S OF 27N...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...DIMINISHING TO 5 TO
10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. N OF 27N...W WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...DIMINISHING
TO 10 TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT... SUBSIDING TO 3 TO
5 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS EARLY N
OF 27N. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS S OF 27N.
.MON...SW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING NE IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS
2 TO 4 FT...SUBSIDING TO 2 TO 3 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS
.MON NIGHT...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. ISOLATED SHOWERS
AND TSTMS S OF 27N.
.TUE...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.WED...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.THU...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.