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FZNT27 KNHC 231536
OFFN06

NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1036 AM EST SAT FEB 23 2013

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

.SYNOPSIS...STATIONARY FRONT FROM PENSACOLA FLORIDA SW TO A WEAK
1009 MB LOW IN THE SW GULF NEAR 23N97W WILL BEGIN TO SLOWLY MOVE
SE AS A COLD FRONT THIS AFTERNOON REACHING FROM NEAR CEDAR KEY
FLORIDA TO 26N88W AND STATIONARY TO THE WESTERN BAY OF CAMPECHE
BY LATE TONIGHT. THE FRONT WILL THEN LIFT BACK N AS WARM FRONT
ON SUN. A SECOND COLD FRONT MOVE OFF TEXAS COAST EARLY MON WITH
GALE FORCE WINDS EXPECTED W OF THE FRONT OVER PORTIONS OF THE
WESTERN GULF. THIS FRONT WILL REACH FROM CENTRAL FLORIDA TO
YUCATAN PENINSULA EARLY TUE...AND MOVE SE OF AREA TUE NIGHT. YET
ANOTHER COLD FRONT IS FORECAST TO MOVE ACROSS THE NW AND N
CENTRAL WATERS WED FOLLOWED BY STRONG HIGH PRES IN ITS WAKE. 

NORTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO

...GALE CONDITIONS EXPECTED MON W OF 94W...

.THIS AFTERNOON...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15
KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT...SUBSIDING TO 3 TO 5 FT IN
THE AFTERNOON.
.TONIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SUN...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT...BUILDING TO 3 TO
4 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. 
.SUN NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT...BECOMING 2 TO
4 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.MON...W WINDS 25 TO 30 KT...EXCEPT W OF 94W BECOMING NW 25 TO 35
KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT...EXCEPT W OF 94W BUILDING 8
TO 10 FT.
.TUE...NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.WED...NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.  

NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO

.THIS AFTERNOON...SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.TONIGHT...W WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING NW 5 TO 10 KT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 4 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS.
.SUN...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
TSTMS.
.SUN NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT...BUILDING TO
3 TO 5 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.MON...SW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.TUE...NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.WED...NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.