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FZNT27 KNHC 291542
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1042 AM EST SUN DEC 29 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 FROM APALACHICOLA FLORIDA TO 25N88W AND
SW TO THE EASTERN BAY OF CAMPECHE REACH FROM NEAR FORT MYERS SW
TO THE FAR NW YUCATAN PENINSULA THIS EVENING...THEN STALL FROM
FLORIDA KEYS TO 22N E OF 90W ON MON. A SECOND COLD FRONT WILL
MOVE OFF THE TEXAS COAST TONIGHT AND QUICKLY MOVE SE...MERGING
WITH THE STALLED FRONT FROM SW FLORIDA TO W BAY OF CAMPECHE ON
TUE. LOW PRES WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE WESTERN GULF ALONG THE
WESTERN PORTION OF THE FRONT EARLY ON MON AS HIGH PRES SURGES
SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE WESTERN GULF. THE RESULTANT TIGHT PRES
GRADIENT WILL BRING GALE FORCE WINDS TO PORTIONS OF THE WESTERN
GULF MON NIGHT AND TUE. BY LATE TUE...THE STALLED FRONT WILL
EXTEND FROM STRAITS OF FLORIDA TO ALONG 22N WESTWARD TO 94W
WHERE IT WILL TRANSITION TO A COLD FRONT EXTENDING S INTO THE SW
GULF. HIGH PRES N OF THE FRONT WILL BUILD ACROSS THE ENTIRE GULF
BY THEN WITH A TIGHT PRES GRADIENT CONFINED FROM THE FRONT N TO
27N. THE FRONT WILL LIFT NORTHWARD WED AND THU WHILE DISSIPATING
IN RESPONSE TO WEAK LOW PRES THAT AGAIN FORMS IN THE WESTERN
GULF...AND AS YET ANOTHER COLD FRONT ENTERS THE WESTERN GULF
EARLY ON THU. THIS FRONT WILL ALSO QUICKLY MOVE E REACHING FROM
SW FLORIDA TO NORTHERN THE NORTHERN YUCATAN PENINSULA BY LATE
THU. STRONG HIGH PRES WILL BUILD SE ACROSS THE GULF IN ITS WAKE.

NORTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO

.TODAY...NE TO E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. ISOLATED
SHOWERS E 90W.
.TONIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...INCREASING TO 10 TO 15 KT
AFTER MIDNIGHT EXCEPT TO 15 TO 20 KT W OF 94W. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.
AREAS OF RAIN S OF 26N W OF 94W. ISOLATED SHOWERS ELSEWHERE.
.MON...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT...BUILDING TO 3 TO
5 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. AREAS OF RAIN WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS S OF
26N W OF 94W. ISOLATED SHOWERS ELSEWHERE.
.MON NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. AREAS OF RAIN
WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS W OF 94W.
.TUE...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.WED...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.THU...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.  

NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO

.TODAY...NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 5 FT...SUBSIDING TO
3 TO 5 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. ISOLATED SHOWERS BETWEEN 87W AND 90W.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS FAR SE PART.
.TONIGHT...N WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT...SUBSIDING TO
2 TO 3 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. ISOLATED SHOWERS BETWEEN 87W AND 90W.
.MON...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...DIMINISHING TO 5 TO 10 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS 
BETWEEN 87W AND 90W.
.MON NIGHT...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT...BUILDING TO
3 TO 5 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS
BETWEEN 87W AND 90W.
.TUE...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.WED...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.THU...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.