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FZNT27 KNHC 030851
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
351 AM EST SUN MAR 3 2013

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

.SYNOPSIS...REINFORCING HIGH PRES AND ASSOCIATED COLD AIR WILL
CONTINUE TO BUILD SE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON WITH
TIGHT PRES GRADIENT ACROSS CENTRAL AND E PORTIONS PRODUCING
MODERATE TO STRONG NW TO N WINDS. THE HIGH WILL SHIFT E THIS
AFTERNOON THROUGH MON WHILE WEAKENING ALLOWING FOR WINDS AND
SEAS TO DECREASE OVER MUCH OF THE AREA. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE
OFF THE TEXAS COAST TUE MORNING...REACH FROM NEAR APALACHICOLA
FLORIDA TO THE SW GULF LATE TUE...FROM NEAR TAMPA FLORIDA TO THE
BAY OF CAMPECHE EARLY WED...AND TO SE OF THE AREA LATE WED.
STRONG NW TO N WINDS AND BUILDING SEAS ARE EXPECTED WAKE OF THE
FRONT. WINDS AND SEAS WILL SUBSIDE OVER MOST OF GULF THU...
EXCEPT SE PORTION WHERE NW SWELLS WILL LINGER. 

NORTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO

.TODAY...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING NE TO E 5 TO 10 KT IN
THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT...SUBSIDING TO 2 TO 3 FT IN THE
AFTERNOON. 
.TONIGHT...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...INCREASING TO 20 TO 25 KT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.MON...S WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT...BUILDING TO 5 TO
7 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. 
.MON NIGHT...S TO SW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT...
BUILDING TO 6 TO 9 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
.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. 
.THU...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 

NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO

.TODAY...NW TO N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.TONIGHT...NW WINDS 15 TO 20 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...E TO SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING SE TO S 10 TO 15 KT
IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.MON NIGHT...S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT...BUILDING TO
3 TO 5 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
.TUE...SW TO W WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.WED...NW TO N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.THU...N TO NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.