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FZNT27 KNHC 050913
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
413 AM EST SAT JAN 5 2013

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

.SYNOPSIS...A STATIONARY FRONT EXTENDS SW FLORIDA TO 23N88W
WHILE A TROUGH LIES OVER THE WESTERN GULF FROM 26N97W TO 19N92W.
THE FRONT WILL LIFT N TO THE CENTRAL GULF SAT. A REINFORCING
SURGE ON SUN WILL PUSH THE FRONT INTO THE SE GULF WATERS BY
EARLY MON WHERE IT WILL STALL AND DISSIPATE. A NEW COLD FRONT
WILL MOVE OFF THE TEXAS COAST ON TUE NIGHT AND EXTEND FROM
CENTRAL LOUISIANA TO TAMPICO MEXICO ON WED NIGHT. 

NORTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO

.TODAY...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS. 
.TONIGHT...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.SUN...N TO NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...INCREASING TO 20 TO 25 KT IN
THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS. 
.SUN NIGHT...N TO NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING NE 10 TO
15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.MON...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.TUE...SE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. 
.WED...W TO NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 

NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO

.TODAY...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS. 
.TONIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.SUN...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS.
.SUN NIGHT...N TO NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
SCATTERED SHOWERS. 
.MON...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.TUE...E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.WED...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT.