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FZNT27 KNHC 182103
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
403 PM EST MON FEB 18 2013

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

.SYNOPSIS...WITH HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED OVER THE WESTERN
ATLANTIC WATERS...SE RETURN FLOW PREVAILS ACROSS THE GULF
WATERS. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE NW GULF EARLY TUE. THE
FRONT WILL STALL FROM CENTRAL FLORIDA TO S TEXAS EARLY
WED...THEN WILL SHIFT N AS A WARM FRONT WED NIGHT AND
THU...SHIFTING N OF THE GULF THU NIGHT. A SECOND COLD FRONT WILL
SHIFT INTO THE NW GULF WATERS THU NIGHT. THIS FRONT WILL REACH
FROM SE LOUISIANA TO S TEXAS FRI AFTERNOON...AND FROM ALABAMA TO
NEAR TAMPICO MEXICO SAT AFTERNOON. 

NORTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO

.TONIGHT...S WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...BECOMING S TO SW 15 TO 20 KT
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
TSTMS. 
.TUE...NW TO N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...BECOMING NE 15 TO 20 KT IN
THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.TUE NIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.WED...E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.WED NIGHT...SE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.THU...SE TO S WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.FRI...SE TO S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.SAT...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 

NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO

.TONIGHT...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING S 20 TO 25 KT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.TUE...S TO SW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...BECOMING W 15 TO 20 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS.
.TUE NIGHT...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING N TO NE 15 TO 20 KT
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.WED...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING NE TO E 10 TO 15 KT IN
THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.WED NIGHT...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.THU...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.FRI...SE TO S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SAT...SW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.