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FZNT27 KNHC 281444
OFFN06

NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
944 AM EST SAT DEC 28 2013

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

.SYNOPSIS...A TROUGH DISSECTS THE GULF FROM THE FLORIDA
PANHANDLE TO LOW PRESSURE AT 21N93W. THE LOW WILL MOVE NE THIS
AFTERNOON REACHING INLAND OVER THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE
TONIGHT...THEN DRAG A COLD FRONT ACROSS THE EASTERN WATERS ON
SUN. THE FRONT WILL STALL ACROSS THE FLORIDA STRAITS ON SUN
NIGHT AND DISSIPATE ON MON. ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL MOVE OFF THE
TEXAS COAST ON SUN EVENING AND RACE SE PASSING THROUGH THE
EASTERN GULF WATERS ON MON NIGHT. THE POST FRONTAL FLOW WILL
QUICKLY CLOCK TO THE E ON TUE WITH SOUTHERLY RETURN FLOW SETTING
UP ACROSS THE NW GULF ON TUE NIGHT AND WED. 

NORTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO

.TODAY...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.TONIGHT...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. 
.SUN NIGHT...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 2 TO 4 FT. 
.WED...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.  

NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO

.TODAY...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING SE 20 TO 25 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.TONIGHT...S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING  W AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS
4 TO 6 FT...SUBSIDING TO 4 TO 5 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
.SUN...NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 5 FT...SUBSIDING TO 3 TO
4 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.SUN NIGHT...N WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.MON...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.TUE...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.WED...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.