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FZNT27 KNHC 020916
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
415 AM EST SAT MAR 2 2013

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

.SYNOPSIS...COLD AND REINFORCING HIGH PRES WILL BUILD SE ACROSS
THE AREA TODAY AND RESULT IN MODERATE TO STRONG NW TO N WINDS
ACROSS MOST OF THE GULF....WITH BUILDING SEAS BY AFTERNOON. THE
HIGH PRES WILL SHIFT EASTWARD AND WEAKEN SUN AND MON...ALLOWING
FOR WINDS AND SEAS TO DECREASE OVER MUCH OF THE AREA. A NEW COLD
FRONT WILL MOVE OFF THE TEXAS COAST EARLY TUE...REACHING A
POSITION FROM THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE TO SW GULF LATE
TUE...THEN QUICKLY RACE SE TO E OF FLORIDA EARLY ON
WED...FOLLOWED BY STRONG NW TO N WINDS AND BUILDING SEAS.
CONDITIONS WILL SUBSIDE BY LATE WED AS HIGH PRES IN ITS WAKE
SLIDES E.

NORTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO

.TODAY...NW TO N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...INCREASING TO 20 TO 25 KT
IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. CHANCE OF SHOWERS. 
.TONIGHT...NW TO N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...BECOMING N 15 TO 20 KT
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.SUN...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING NE 5 TO 10 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT...SUBSIDING TO 2 TO 3 FT IN THE
AFTERNOON. 
.SUN NIGHT...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.MON...S TO SW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.TUE...NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.WED...N TO NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 

NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO

.TODAY...NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. CHANCE OF
SHOWERS. 
.TONIGHT...NW TO N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.SUN...NW TO N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...DIMINISHING TO 15 TO 20 KT IN
THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.SUN NIGHT...NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING NW TO N 5 TO 10 KT
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT...SUBSIDING TO 2 TO 3 FT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. 
.MON...S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.TUE...SW TO W WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.WED...NW TO N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT.