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FZNT25 KNHC 252148
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
548 PM EDT WED MAR 25 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 RIDGE EXTENDING SW FROM THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE TO
THE COAST OF MEXICO AT 23N98W WILL WEAKEN TONIGHT. A COLD FRONT
WILL MOVE ACROSS THE NW GULF WATERS ON THU...REACH FROM THE
FLORIDA BIG BEND TO THE YUCATAN PENINSULA ON FRI...AND MOVE SE
OF THE AREA ON FRI NIGHT. GALE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE
SW GULF BEHIND THE FRONT ON FRI. A SURFACE HIGH WILL DEVELOP
OVER THE NW GULF ON FRI NIGHT...SHIFT EASTWARD TO THE
MISSISSIPPI DELTA BY SAT EVENING...REACH NEAR THE FLORIDA BIG
BEND AREA LATE SUN...THEN SHIFT S TO JUST W OF TAMPA BAY MON
EVENING AS SE RETURN FLOW SETS ACROSS THE WESTERN GULF. 

.TONIGHT...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...INCREASING TO 10 TO 15 KT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. ISOLATED SHOWERS.
.THU...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING S 5 TO 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON.
SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. ISOLATED SHOWERS.
.THU NIGHT...S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. 
.FRI...SW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON.
SEAS 3 FT.
.FRI NIGHT...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SAT...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.SUN...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 
.MON...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. 
.MON NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...STRONG HIGH PRES WILL BUILD ACROSS THE BASIN NE OF
THE BAHAMAS THROUGH THU NIGHT...AND SHIFT E OF THE AREA FRI IN
RESPONSE TO THE NEXT COLD FRONT APPROACHING THE FAR NW WATERS.
THIS FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THOSE WATERS ON FRI...REACH FROM
NEAR 31N70W TO CENTRAL CUBA EARLY SAT...FROM NEAR BERMUDA TO
WINDWARD PASSAGE SAT NIGHT...AND OVER THE FAR SE WATERS SUN AND
SUN NIGHT AS IT WEAKENS TO A TROUGH. STRONG HIGH PRES WILL BUILD
ACROSS THE AREA IN THE WAKE OF THIS FRONT THROUGH MON NIGHT. A
WEAK SURFACE  FROM THE NW BAHAMAS TO JUST OFFSHORE SE GEORGIA
WILL MOVE INLAND THROUGH EARLY THU WHILE DISSIPATING.

.TONIGHT...S OF 27N...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...INCREASING TO 10 TO
15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. N OF 27N...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT
OR LESS S OF 27N...AND 3 TO 4 FT N OF 27N. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
ISOLATED SHOWERS N OF 27N. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND TSTMS FROM 24N TO
27N.
.THU...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS S OF 27N...AND
3 TO 5 FT N OF 27N. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED SHOWERS N OF
27N. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND TSTMS FROM 24N TO 27N.
.THU NIGHT...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS S OF 27N...
AND 3 TO 5 FT N OF 27N. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS N OF
27N. ISOLATED SHOWERS S OF 27N.
.FRI...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N...AND SW 15 TO 20 KT N OF
27N. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS S OF 27N...AND 3 TO 5 FT N OF 27N. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS N OF 27N.
.FRI NIGHT...W WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT S OF 27N...AND 4
TO 6 FT N OF 27N.
.SAT...NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT S OF 27N...AND 5 TO 7
FT N OF 27N.
.SAT NIGHT...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT S OF 27N...AND 
4 TO 6 FT N OF 27N.
.SUN...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 
.SUN NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.MON...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS S OF 27N...AND 3 TO
5 FT N OF 27N. 
.MON NIGHT...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS S OF 27N...
AND 4 TO 6 FT N OF 27N.