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FZNT25 KNHC 082133
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
433 PM EST THU JAN 8 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...STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS TO MINIMAL GALE FORCE WILL
CONTINUE ALONG THE MEXICAN COASTAL WATERS S OF 21N THROUGH EARLY
EVENING BEFORE DIMINISHING OVERNIGHT. HIGH PRES ACROSS THE GULF
COASTS STATES LATE THIS AFTERNOON WILL SHIFT NE OF THE AREA
THROUGH FRI...WITH WINDS AND SEAS DIMINISHING FROM NORTH TO
SOUTH TONIGHT. A WEAK REINFORCING COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH
THE NORTHERN GULF LATE FRI...THEN STALL FROM SW FLORIDA TO THE
CENTRAL GULF BY LATE SAT. EASTERLY WINDS TO INCREASE OVER THE NW
GULF BY LATE FRI BETWEEN A TROUGH ALONG THE COAST OF MEXICO AND
HIGH PRES N OF THE AREA. 

.TONIGHT...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 4 FT. 
.FRI NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
.SAT...NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 TO 25 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 FT. 
.MON NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. 
.TUE...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. 
.TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...STRONG COLD FRONT EXTENDING FROM 28N65W TO CENTRAL
CUBA WILL REACH FROM 26N65W TO CENTRAL CUBE OVERNIGHT...BEFORE
STALLING AND DISSIPATING THROUGH SAT NIGHT. STRONG HIGH PRES IN
THE WAKE OF THE FRONT BUILD SE ACROSS THE AREA WILL BEGIN TO
WEAKEN TONIGHT INTO SAT WHILE SHIFTING NORTHEASTWARD. 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.

.TONIGHT...S OF 27N...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. N OF 27N...NE WINDS
20 TO 25 KT...BECOMING E 15 TO 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 TO
5 FT S OF 27N...AND 7 TO 10 FT N OF 27N. SCATTERED SHOWERS. 
.FRI...S OF 27N...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...DIMINISHING TO 5 TO 10 KT
IN THE AFTERNOON. N OF 27N...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING SE
10 TO 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT S OF 27N...AND 6 TO
8 FT N OF 27N. ISOLATED SHOWERS. 
.FRI NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT S OF 27N...AND 4 TO
6 FT N OF 27N. 
.SAT...S OF 27N...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...INCREASING TO 15 TO
20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. N OF 27N...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 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 TO 5 FT S OF 27N...AND 5 TO
7 FT N OF 27N. 
.SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT S OF 27N...AND
6 TO 8 FT N OF 27N. 
.MON...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT S OF 27N...AND 5 TO 7 FT
N OF 27N. 
.MON NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT S OF 27N...AND 4 TO
6 FT N OF 27N. 
.TUE...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS S OF 27N...AND 4 TO
6 FT N OF 27N. 
.TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS S OF 27N...
AND 4 TO 6 FT N OF 27N.