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FZNT25 KNHC 030248
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
948 PM EST MON FEB 2 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 FROM NAPLES FLORIDA SW TO 23N89W TO 
22N93W AND S TO INLAND THE COAST OF MEXICO AT 18N94W WILL MOVE 
SE TO THE E OF 88W WHILE THE REMAINDER OF THE FRONT BECOMES 
STATIONARY ALONG 22N. A TIGHT PRES GRADIENT BETWEEN THE 
STATIONARY PORTION AND STRONG HIGH PRES OVER NORTHERN TEXAS WILL 
ALLOW FOR NORTHERLY GALE FORCE WINDS OVER PORTIONS OF THE 
WESTERN GULF THROUGH TONIGHT. A NW TO SE ORIENTED REMNANT TROUGH 
OVER THE SW GULF ON TUE WILL LIFT NE ON TUE NIGHT WITH A SURFACE 
LOW PRES DEVELOPING NEAR 27N90W BY WED EVENING. THE LOW WILL 
THEN TRACK E-NE ACROSS THE NE GULF AND ACROSS FLORIDA AND INTO 
THE ATLC THU...DRAGGING A COLD FRONT THROUGH THE STRAITS OF 
FLORIDA THU NIGHT. A STRONGER COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP ACROSS THE 
EASTERN GULF SAT. 

.OVERNIGHT...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. ISOLATED 
SHOWERS. 
.TUE...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. ISOLATED SHOWERS.
.TUE NIGHT...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. ISOLATED
SHOWERS.
.WED...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. ISOLATED SHOWERS.
.WED NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 
.THU...SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 
.THU NIGHT...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.FRI...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.FRI NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.
.SAT...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...A COLD FRONT FROM 31N76W TO WEST PALM BEACH WILL 
REACH FROM NEAR BERMUDA TO THE CENTRAL BAHAMAS AND TO THE 
STRAITS OF FLORIDA EARLY TUE...AND BEGIN TO WEAKEN AS IT REACHES 
FROM NEAR 27N65W TO 24N69W AND TO EASTERN CUBA BY TUE EVENING. 
THE FRONT WILL STALL E TO W WHILE WEAKENING NEAR 24N BY LATE 
WED...AND SLOWLY DISSIPATE THROUGH THU NIGHT. GALE FORCE WINDS N 
OF 29N ON EITHER SIDE OF THE FRONT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TUE 
MORNING. ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE NW WATERS ON 
THU...REACH FROM NEAR 31N70W TO THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA EARLY FRI 
AND WEAKEN AS IT REACHES THE FAR SE WATERS ON SAT. LARGE NW TO N 
SWELLS WILL PROPAGATE S AND SE ACROSS THE WATERS E OF 74W 
THROUGH EARLY WED WHILE GRADUALLY SUBSIDING.

...GALE WARNING E OF 78W...

.OVERNIGHT...S OF 27N...NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. N OF 27N...W WINDS 
20 TO 25 KT...BECOMING N 15 TO 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT EXCEPT E OF 
78W S TO SW WINDS 30 TO 35 KT. SEAS 3 FT S OF 27N...AND 6 TO 9 
FT N OF 27N EXCEPT E OF 78W SEAS 8 TO 11 FT.
.TUE...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT S OF 27N...AND 4 TO 6 FT
N OF 27N. 
.TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT S OF 27N...AND NE 10 TO 15 KT N
OF 27N. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT S OF 27N...AND 4 TO 6 FT N OF 27N. 
.WED...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT S OF 27N...AND 4 TO 6 FT N
OF 27N. SCATTERED SHOWERS. 
.WED NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS. 
.THU...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 
.THU NIGHT...NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT S OF 27N...AND 4 TO
6 FT N OF 27N. 
.FRI...N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT S OF 27N...AND 6 TO
9 FT N OF 27N. 
.FRI NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT S OF 27N...AND
7 TO 10 FT N OF 27N. 
.SAT...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT S OF 27N...AND 5 TO
7 FT N OF 27N. 
.SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT S OF 27N...AND
4 TO 6 FT N OF 27N.