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FZNT27 KNHC 080935
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
435 AM EST FRI FEB 8 2013

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

.SYNOPSIS...A WEAKENING COLD FRONT EXTENDS FROM CEDAR KEY
FLORIDA TO 26N90W THEN BECOMES STATIONARY TO NEAR 25N95W. THE
COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO WEAKEN AS IT REACHES FROM THE
STRAITS OF FLORIDA TO YUCATAN CHANNEL EARLY THIS EVENING...AND
DISSIPATE TONIGHT INTO SAT. HIGH PRES WILL BUILD ACROSS THE AREA
IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT...WITH SOUTHERLY RETURN FLOW SETTING
ACROSS THE NW WATERS ON SAT. THE SOUTHERLY FLOW INCREASES ACROSS
THE ENTIRE GULF SAT NIGHT AHEAD OF ANOTHER WEAK COLD FRONT THAT
MOVES OFF THE TEXAS COAST EARLY SUN EVENING. THIS FRONT WILL
STALL OVER THE N PORTION LATE SUN AND MON. STRONG HIGH PRES THEN
BUILDS BEHIND THE FRONT PUSHING IT SE ACROSS THE GULF AS A COLD
FRONT LATER ON TUE FOLLOWED BY FRESH TO STRONG WINDS. 

NORTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO

.TODAY...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.TONIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.SAT...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SUN...S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.MON...SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.TUE...NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 

NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO

.TODAY...N WINDS LESS THAN 5 KT...BECOMING NW TO N IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.TONIGHT...N WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING N TO NE 10 TO 15 KT
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.SAT...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING SE 15 TO
20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SUN...SE TO S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.MON...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.TUE...SW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT.