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FZNT25 KNHC 052140
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
440 PM EST MON JAN 5 2015

...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 EXTENDS FROM VENICE FLORIDA TO 22N91W
AND BECOMES STATIONARY INTO THE CENTRAL BAY OF CAMPECHE. THE
FRONT WILL STALL ACROSS THE SE GULF TONIGHT AND GRADUALLY
DISSIPATE THROUGH TUE. STRONG HIGH PRES IN WAKE OF THE FRONT
WILL MAINTAIN NORTHERLY GALES ACROSS THE SW GULF THROUGH
TONIGHT. A STRONG REINFORCING COLD FRONT AND HIGH PRES WILL
INCREASE THE NORTHERLY FLOW WED NIGHT INTO THU...WITH ANOTHER
EPISODE OF GALE FORCE WINDS EXPECTED OVER PORTIONS OF THE
WESTERN GULF WED NIGHT THROUGH THU NIGHT. HIGH PRES OVER THE
AREA WILL WEAKEN THU NIGHT INTO FRI. STRONGER HIGH PRES BUILDS S
OVER THE GULF FRI THROUGH SAT NIGHT WHILE SHIFTING EASTWARD AS A
COASTAL TROUGH SETS UP OVER THE FAR WESTERN WATERS. 

.TONIGHT...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.
.TUE...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.WED...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 
.WED NIGHT...N WINDS 25 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT.
.THU...NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. 
.THU NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.FRI...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.FRI NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
.SAT...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...A RIDGE EXTENDING FROM 29N65W TO THE NW BAHAMAS IS
SHIFTING E AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT THAT EXTENDS FROM 31N74W TO
WEST PALM BEACH FLORIDA. THE COLD FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM 31N70W
TO JUST S OF MIAMI LATE TONIGHT...THEN STALL EARLY TUE...AND
LIFT BACK N AS A WEAK WARM FRONT TUE AFTERNOON AND TUE NIGHT
AHEAD OF A SECOND COLD FRONT MOVING OFF THE SE GEORGIA COAST TUE
NIGHT. THIS NEXT COLD FRONT WILL REACH FROM 31N68W TO THE NW
BAHAMAS ON WED...AND FROM NEAR 31N65W TO CENTRAL CUBA BY THU
EVENING. THE FRONT WILL STALL ACROSS THE SE WATERS ON FRI AND
BECOME DIFFUSE BY FRI NIGHT AS A N TO S ORIENTED TROUGH SETS UP
ALONG 78W FRI THROUGH SAT NIGHT.

...GALE CONDITIONS POSSIBLE N OF 30N WED NIGHT...

.TONIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 
.TUE...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N...AND SE 5 TO 10 KT N OF 27N.
S OF 27N...SEAS 3 FT IN THE MORNING... BECOMING 2 FT OR LESS. N
OF 27N...SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 
.TUE NIGHT...S OF 27N...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...DIMINISHING TO
5 TO 10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. N OF 27N...W WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...
BECOMING NW 10 TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS S OF
27N...AND 3 TO 4 FT N OF 27N. 
.WED...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT S OF 27N...AND NW 10 TO 15 KT N OF
27N. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS S OF 27N...AND 3 TO 4 FT N OF 27N. 
.WED NIGHT...N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...EXCEPT N OF 30N N WINDS 30 TO
35 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT S OF 27N...AND 5 TO 7 FT N OF 27N... EXCEPT
6 TO 9 FT N OF 27N BUILDING TO 8 TO 12 FT IN MIXED NW AND SE
SWELL.
.THU...N WINDS 25 TO 30 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT S OF 27N...AND 7 TO
10 FT N OF 27N. 
.THU NIGHT...E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT S OF 27N...AND
6 TO 9 FT N OF 27N. 
.FRI...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT S OF 27N...AND 5 TO
7 FT N OF 27N. 
.FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT S OF 27N...AND 4 TO
6 FT N OF 27N. 
.SAT...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT S OF 27N...AND 4 TO 6 FT N
OF 27N. 
.SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT S OF 27N...AND 4 TO
6 FT N OF 27N.