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FZNT27 KNHC 051409
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
909 AM EST TUE MAR 5 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 CENTRAL FLORIDA
PENINSULA WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE TO THE E ALLOWING FOR STRONG
SOUTHERLY RETURN FLOW OVER THE NW AND N CENTRAL GULF IN ADVANCE
OF THE NEXT COLD FRONT. THE FRONT WILL ENTER THE NW PORTIONS
LATER THIS MORNING...REACHING FROM NEAR APALACHICOLA FLORIDA TO
NEAR TUXPAN MEXICO THIS EVENING...FROM NEAR FORT MYERS TO THE
FAR SW GULF WED MORNING...PUSHING SE OF THE GULF WED NIGHT. HIGH
PRES IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT WILL SHIFT EASTWARD ACROSS THE
AREA THU THROUGH SAT WITH SOUTHERLY RETURN FLOW INCREASING
ACROSS THE GULF BY LATE SAT. 

NORTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO

.TODAY...S TO SW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...SHIFTING TO W TO NW BEHIND
FRONT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS NEAR
FRONT.
.TONIGHT...N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 8 FT.
.WED...N TO NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KT
IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 5 TO 8 FT.
.WED NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 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 3 FT. 
.SAT...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 

NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO

.TODAY...S TO SW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.TONIGHT...W WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING NW 20 TO 25 KT BEHIND
FRONT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS NEAR
FRONT.
.WED...NW TO N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...DIMINISHING TO 15 TO 20 KT
IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT...SUBSIDING TO 5 TO 7 FT IN THE
AFTERNOON. 
.WED NIGHT...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.
.THU...N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.FRI...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 1 TO 3 FT.
.SAT...E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.