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FZNT27 KNHC 202110
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
510 PM EDT FRI APR 20 2012

...PLEASE REFER TO COASTAL WATERS FORECASTS (CWF) AVAILABLE
THROUGH NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER MEANS FOR DETAILED
COASTAL WATERS FORECASTS...

.SYNOPSIS...A COLD FRONT PRECEDED BY A LINE A THUNDERSTORMS WILL
ENTER THE NW GULF OVERNIGHT AND RACE TO A POSITION FROM THE
MISSISSIPPI DELTA TO THE BAY OF CAMPECHE SAT MORNING...FROM THE
FLORIDA BIG BEND TO YUCATAN PENINSULA EARLY SUN WITH LOW PRES
DEVELOPING ALONG THE FRONT. THE LOW WILL MOVE E ACROSS FLORIDA
SUN DRAGGING THE FRONT THROUGH THE FLORIDA STRAITS LATE SUN. A
REINFORCING SURGE OF NORTH FLOW WILL PUSH INTO THE NORTHERN GULF
MON THEN DIMINISH TUE AS HIGH PRES BUILDS OVER THE N CENTRAL
GULF...ALLOWING SE RETURN FLOW WILL INCREASE OVER THE NW GULF
WED.  

NORTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO

.TONIGHT...W WINDS 5 KT...BECOMING NW 15 TO 20 KT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT BUILDING TO 4 TO 6 FT BEHIND THE FRONT.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS.
.SAT...N TO NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT...BUILDING TO 8
TO 10 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS.
.SAT NIGHT...N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 7 TO 11 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS.
.SUN...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.SUN NIGHT...N TO NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...DIMINISHING TO 10 TO
15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.MON...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.TUE...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.WED...SE TO S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 

NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO

.TONIGHT...S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND TSTMS. 
.SAT...W TO NW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING N TO NW 10 TO 15 KT
IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS.
.SAT NIGHT...N TO NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT...
BUILDING TO 5 TO 7 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
TSTMS.
.SUN...N TO NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS. 
.SUN NIGHT...N TO NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...DIMINISHING TO 15 TO
20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT IN W SWELL.
.MON...N TO NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.TUE...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.WED...SE TO S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT.