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FZNT27 KNHC 172109
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
509 PM EDT SUN MAR 17 2013

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

.SYNOPSIS...A HIGH PRES RIDGE OVER THE EASTERN AND CENTRAL
PORTION ALONG 27N WILL GRADUALLY SHIFT EASTWARD THROUGH MON
ALLOWING FOR SOUTHERLY FLOW TO EXPAND ACROSS THE GULF FROM W TO
E IN ADVANCE OF THE NEXT COLD FRONT. THIS FRONT WILL MOVE OFF
THE TEXAS COAST MON EVENING...THEN QUICKLY REACH A POSITION FROM
THE WESTERN FLORIDA TO VICINITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI TEXAS LATE MON
NIGHT INTO TUE. THE FRONT IS THEN FORECAST WEAKEN AND STALL FROM
SW FLORIDA TO THE TEXAS MEXICO BORDER LATE TUE INTO WED AS HIGH
PRES BUILDS SE ACROSS MOST OF THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL WATERS. 

NORTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO

.TONIGHT...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT...SUBSIDING TO
3 TO 5 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
.MON...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 
.MON NIGHT...SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING W 5 TO 10 KT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 
.TUE...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 
.TUE NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 
.WED...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.THU...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.FRI...S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.  

NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO

.TONIGHT...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT...BUILDING TO
3 TO 5 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS E OF 86W.
ISOLATED SHOWERS AND TSTMS BETWEEN 87W AND 90W.
.MON...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT...BUILDING TO 4 TO
5 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS E OF 86W.
ISOLATED SHOWERS AND TSTMS BETWEEN 87W AND 90W.
.MON NIGHT...SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND TSTMS E OF 86W. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND TSTMS BETWEEN 87W
AND 90W.
.TUE...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 
.TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.WED...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.THU...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.FRI...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.