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FZNT27 KNHC 040915
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
415 AM EST MON MAR 4 2013

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

.SYNOPSIS...HIGH PRES CENTERED OVER THE N CENTRAL GULF WILL
SLIDE E THROUGH TONIGHT ALLOWING FOR SOUTHERLY RETURN FLOW
CURRENTLY OVER THE NW GULF TO STRENGTHEN IN ADVANCE OF THE NEXT
COLD FRONT EXPECTED TO ENTER THE NW PORTION LATE TUE MORNING.
THE FRONT WILL THEN QUICKLY REACH FROM NEAR APALACHICOLA FLORIDA
TO NEAR TAMPICO MEXICO TUE EVENING...FROM NEAR FORT MYERS TO THE
FAR SW GULF EARLY WED...AND MOVE SE OF THE GULF LATE WED
EVENING. HIGH PRES IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT WILL SHIFT EASTWARD
ACROSS THE AREA THU AND FRI. 

NORTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO

.TODAY...S WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT...BUILDING TO 5 TO
7 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. 
.TONIGHT...S WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT...BUILDING TO
6 TO 9 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
.TUE...S TO SW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...BECOMING W TO NW 15 TO 20 KT
IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT...SUBSIDING TO 5 TO 7 FT IN THE
AFTERNOON. 
.TUE NIGHT...N 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. 
.FRI...E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 

NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO

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