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FZNT25 KNHC 080312
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1012 PM 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...AN ARCTIC FRONT RACING SOUTHWARD EXTENDS FROM NAPLES
FLORIDA TO 26N90W TO INLAND TEXAS JUST N OF BROWNSVILLE. THE
FRONT WILL REACH FROM THE FLORIDA KEYS SW TO THE BAY OF CAMPECHE
EARLY TONIGHT...AND TO SE OF THE AREA OVERNIGHT. STRONG ARCTIC
HIGH PRES WILL BUILD ACROSS THE AREA IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT
THROUGH THU...THEN WEAKEN AS IT SHIFTS EASTWARD THU NIGHT AND
FRI. THE RESULTANT TIGHT PRES GRADIENT ASSOCIATED WITH THE HIGH
WILL INDUCE AREAS OF GALE FORCE WINDS OVER MUCH OF THE WESTERN
GULF AND OVER PORTIONS OF THE N CENTRAL GULF INTO EARLY THU.
WITH THE HIGH PRES WEAKENING THU NIGHT AND FRI...THIS WILL ALLOW
FOR ANOTHER COLD FRONT TO MOVE ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF
FRI...THEN LIFT N OF THE AREA SAT WITH ITS WESTERN PORTION
BECOMING A N TO S TROUGH OVER THE FAR WESTERN GULF NEAR THE
COAST OF TEXAS THROUGH EARLY SUN. LOW PRES IS EXPECTED TO FORM
ALONG THE TROUGH. THE TROUGH AND LOW WILL THEN LIFT NORTHWARD
AND WEAKEN SUN AND SUN NIGHT. A TROUGH WILL MOVE OFF THE FLORIDA
AND ACROSS THE EASTERN GULF MON. 


.OVERNIGHT...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...INCREASING TO 25 TO 30 KT 
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.THU...NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...DIMINISHING TO 15 TO 20 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. 
.THU NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING E 10 TO 15 KT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.FRI...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...INCREASING TO 10 TO 15 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. 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 5 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.SUN...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.MON...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.MON NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...A STRONG ARCTIC COLD FRONT EXTENDING FROM 31N66W TO 
THE N COAST OF CUBA WILL REACH A POSITION FROM NEAR 31N65W TO 
THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA LATE TONIGHT...BEFORE STALLING AND 
DISSIPATING THROUGH SAT NIGHT. STRONG HIGH PRES IN THE WAKE OF 
THE FRONT WILL BUILD SE ACROSS THE BASIN THROUGH THU...AND BEGIN 
TO WEAKEN THU NIGHT INTO SAT WHILE SHIFTING EASTWARD. A WEAK 
TROUGH WILL DEVELOP NEAR THE NW BAHAMAS ON FRI AS YET ANOTHER 
SURGE OF STRONG HIGH PRES BUILDS S OVER THE AREA INTO MON. THE 
TROUGH WILL MOVE WESTWARD INLAND FLORIDA SAT NIGHT INTO SUN.

.OVERNIGHT...S OF 27N...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...INCREASING TO 15 
TO 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. N OF 27N...NW WINDS 15 
TO 20 KT INCREASING TO 25 TO 30 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT...EXCEPT N OF 
29N 30 TO 35 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT...BUILDING TO 7 TO 10 FT 
LATE...EXCEPT UP TO 14 FT N OF 29N.
.THU...S OF 27N...N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...BECOMING NE 15 TO 20 KT
IN THE AFTERNOON. N OF 27N...N WINDS 25 TO 30 KT...BECOMING NE
20 TO 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT S OF 27N...AND 7 TO
10 FT N OF 27N.
.THU NIGHT...S OF 27N...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT... BECOMING E 10 TO
15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. N OF 27N...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO
6 FT S OF 27N...AND 6 TO 9 FT N OF 27N. 
.FRI...S OF 27N...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...DIMINISHING TO 5 TO 10 KT
IN THE AFTERNOON. N OF 27N...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT
S OF 27N...AND 5 TO 7 FT N OF 27N. 
.FRI NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT S OF 27N...AND 4 TO
6 FT N OF 27N. 
.SAT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT S OF 27N...AND 4 TO
6 FT N OF 27N. 
.SUN...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT S OF 27N...AND 4 TO 6 FT N
OF 27N. 
.SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT S OF 27N...AND 5 TO
7 FT N OF 27N. 
.MON...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT S OF 27N...AND 4 TO 6 FT
N OF 27N. 
.MON NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT S OF 27N...AND 5 TO
7 FT N OF 27N.