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FZNT27 KNHC 031351
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
851 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...FRESH TO STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS IN THE EASTERN HALF
OF THE GULF WILL DIMINISH THROUGH THE DAY AS HIGH PRES BUILDS IN
FROM THE W. SOUTHERLY RETURN FLOW SETS UP IN THE NW GULF TONIGHT
AND MON AHEAD OF THE NEXT COLD FRONT. THE FRONT WILL MOVE INTO
THE GULF TUE MORNING...REACHING FROM THE WESTERN FLORIDA
PANHANDLE TO NEAR TAMPICO MEXICO TUE EVENING...THEN FROM SW
FLORIDA TO THE SW GULF WED MORNING...PUSHING SE OF THE GULF WED
NIGHT. HIGH PRES BUILDS DOWN FROM THE N THU AND FRI. 

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 4 FT...BUILDING TO 3 TO 5 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT.
.MON...S WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 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...EXCEPT S TO SW AHEAD OF FRONT.
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 4 FT.

NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO

.TODAY...NW TO N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 8 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 4 FT...BUILDING TO 3
TO 5 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT.
.TUE...SW TO W WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...SHIFTING TO NW TO N BEHIND
FRONT. SEAS 4 TO 7 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.