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FZNT27 KNHC 050852
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
452 AM EDT FRI APR 5 2013

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

.SYNOPSIS...A COLD FRONT EXTENDING FROM FLORIDA BIG BEND REGION
TO W COAST OF YUCATAN PENINSULA WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SE AND
EXIT THE BASIN THIS EVENING. STRONG TSTMS EXPECTED AHEAD OF
FRONT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. HIGH PRES WILL BUILD IN ACROSS THE
GULF IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT...SHIFTING EASTWARD SAT AND SUN AS
LOW PRES DEEPENS OVER THE CENTRAL U.S. THIS WILL ALLOW FOR
SOUTHERLY RETURN FLOW TO INCREASE OVER THE WESTERN GULF THROUGH
TUE. 

NORTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO

.TODAY...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.TONIGHT...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING E 10 TO 15 KT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT...SUBSIDING TO 2 TO 3 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT.
.SAT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.SUN...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.MON...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.TUE...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT.  

NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO

.TODAY...NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.TONIGHT...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT...SUBSIDING TO
3 TO 5 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
.SAT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT...SUBSIDING TO 2 TO
3 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. 
.SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING SE 10 TO 15 KT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.SUN...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.MON...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.TUE...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.