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FZNT27 KNHC 041343
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
843 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 NE GULF WILL SLIDE E
THROUGH TONIGHT ALLOWING FOR SOUTHERLY RETURN FLOW OVER THE NW
GULF TO STRENGTHEN IN ADVANCE OF THE NEXT COLD FRONT. THE FRONT
WILL ENTER THE NW PORTION LATE TUE MORNING...REACHING FROM NEAR
APALACHICOLA FLORIDA TO NEAR TAMPICO MEXICO TUE EVENING...FROM
NEAR FORT MYERS TO THE FAR SW GULF WED MORNING...MOVING SE OF
THE GULF 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 5 TO 8 FT.
.TONIGHT...S WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 8 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
BEHIND FRONT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT...SUBSIDING TO 5 TO 7 FT IN THE 
AFTERNOON. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS NEAR FRONT.
.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 4 FT IN MIXED SE AND NW SWELL.
.TONIGHT...S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 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 BEHIND
FRONT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS NEAR
FRONT.
.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.