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FZNT25 KNHC 071550
OFFN04

NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1050 AM EST WED JAN 7 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 DISSIPATING STATIONARY FRONT EXTENDS FROM THE
FLORIDA KEYS SW TO 22N94W. A STRONG ARCTIC FRONT MOVING RAPIDLY
ACROSS THE AREA EXTENDS FROM TAMPA BAY TO THE TEXAS COAST S OF
GALVISTON AND ACROSS THE ENTIRE GULF THROUGH TONIGHT. THIS FRONT
WILL BE FOLLOWED BY STRONG NORTHERLY FLOW...WITH FREQUENT GUSTS
TO GALE FORCE OVER THE NORTHERN WATERS TONIGHT...AND SUSTAINED
GALES OVER SECTIONS OF THE WEST CENTRAL AND SW GULF TONIGHT INTO
THU. A SECOND FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE NORTHERN GULF FRI...THEN
LIFT N OF THE AREA SAT LEAVING A TROUGH OVER THE NW GULF. THIS
WILL LIFT N AS WELL THROUGH LATE SAT...AHEAD OF ANOTHER WEAK
FRONT MOVING INTO THE NORTHERN GULF SUN. 

...GALE WARNING...

.TODAY...N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT
LATE. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 
.TONIGHT...N TO NE WINDS 25 TO 30 KT...WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO 35
KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT...BUILDING TO 10 TO 11 FT LATE.
.THU...NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...DIMINISHING TO 15 TO 20 KT
LATE. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT. 
.THU NIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...DIMINISHING TO 5 TO
10 KT LATE. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.FRI...NE WINDS 10 KT...INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT
LATE. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.FRI NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.SAT...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. 
.SUN...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. 
.SUN NIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 7 FT. 

.SYNOPSIS...A DISSIPATING STATIONARY FRONT EXTENDS FROM 30N65W
TO THE CENTRAL BAHAMAS AND TO THE FLORIDA KEYS. A STRONG ARCTIC
COLD WILL MOVE RAPIDLY S ACROSS THE CURRENTLY EXTENDING FROM
31N75W TO CENTRAL FLORIDA AND FROM NEAR 31N69W TO THE STRAITS OF
FLORIDA LATE TONIGHT...BEFORE STALLING AND DISSIPATING THROUGH
SAT. THE FRONT WILL BE FOLLOWED BY STRONG NW TO N WINDS.

...GALE WARNING...

.TODAY...W WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.TONIGHT...N OF 29N...W TO NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...INCREASING TO
20 TO 30 KT LATE. ELSEWHERE...W TO NW WINDS 10 TO
15 KT...INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT LATE. SEAS 5 TO
7 FT. 
.THU...N OF 30N...N WINDS 25 TO 35 KT...DIMINISHING TO 20 TO 25
KT LATE. ELSEWHERE...NW TO N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT... SHIFTING TO N TO
NE LATE. SEAS 9 TO 14 FT N OF 29N...AND 8 TO 13 FT ELSEWHERE.
.THU NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT...BECOMING E 10 TO 15 KT 
LATE. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT IN N SWELL. 
.FRI...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING SE 5 TO 10 KT
LATE. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT IN N SWELL.
.FRI NIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.SAT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING NE TO E 5 TO 10 KT
LATE. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING E 15 TO 20 KT
LATE. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.SUN...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 7 FT. 
.SUN NIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT.