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FZNT27 KNHC 270310
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1010 PM EST THU DEC 26 2013

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

.SYNOPSIS...A FRONTAL TROUGH ALONG 84W S OF 26N WILL DRIFT NW
AND REACH THE CENTRAL GULF FRI NIGHT AND SAT. A TROUGH OVER THE
SW GULF EXTENDS FROM 24N96W TO A NEARLY STATIONARY 1014 MB LOW
AT 21N94W. THE LOW WILL BEGIN TO LIFT NE ALONG THE FRONTAL
TROUGH FRI NIGHT...AND REACH THE VICINITY OF THE FLORIDA
PANHANDLE EARLY ON SUN. IT WILL PUSH A COLD FRONT ACROSS THE SE
WATERS ON SUN NIGHT. ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE FAR
NW GULF ON SUN EVENING. THIS FRONT WILL QUICKLY REACH FROM NEAR
THE FAR WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE BY LATE MON...AND TO JUST SE
OF THE GULF BY EARLY TUE. STRONG HIGH PRES WILL BUILD EASTWARD
OVER THE AREA IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT. 

NORTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO

.OVERNIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND ISOLATED TSTMS.
.FRI...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT...BUILDING TO 4 TO
6 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.FRI NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.SAT...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND 
SCATTERED TSTMS.
.SAT NIGHT...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...DIMINISHING TO 5 TO 10 KT
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SUN...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.MON...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.TUE...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.  

NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO

.OVERNIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT...BUILDING TO
2 TO 4 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SCATTERED SHOWERS.
.FRI...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS. 
.FRI NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS BETWEEN 87W AND 90W. AREAS OF RAIN
WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS..
.SAT...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT...BUILDING TO 5 TO
7 FT IN THE AFTERNOON.  AREAS OF RAIN WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
ISOLATED TSTMS..
.SAT NIGHT...S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING W AFTER MIDNIGHT.
SEAS 4 TO 6 FT...SUBSIDING TO 4 TO 5 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SCATTERED
TSTMS. PATCHES OF RAIN BETWEEN 87W AND 90W. NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND
SCATTERED TSTMS E OF 87W.
.SUN...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.MON...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.TUE...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.