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FZNT27 KNHC 040820
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
320 AM EST SAT JAN 4 2014

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

.SYNOPSIS...SE RETURN FLOW IN THE NW GULF AROUND HIGH PRES WILL
SPREAD ACROSS THE WATERS W OF 90W BY TONIGHT IN ADVANCE OF A STRONG
COLD FRONT. THE FRONT WILL ENTER THE NW WATERS SUN MORNING
EXTENDING FROM 30N93W TO 26.5N97W BY SUN AFTERNOON...FROM 30N86W
TO 23N95W TO 21N97W BY LATE SUN NIGHT...PUSHING SE OF THE GULF BY
MON EVENING. GALE WINDS WILL ARRIVE BEHIND THE FRONT OVER THE W
CENTRAL AND SW GULF WITH AT LEAST NEAR GALE CONDITIONS ACROSS
THE REMAINDER OF THE GULF LATE SUN NIGHT AND MON. SOUTHERLY
RETURN FLOW WILL SET UP ACROSS THE NW GULF WATERS ON TUE AND
SPREAD E ACROSS THE WATERS W OF 90W BY WED NIGHT.

NORTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO

...GALE WATCH S OF 27N WITHIN 60 NM OF SHORE...

.TODAY...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT...SUBSIDING TO 2 TO
4 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. 
.TONIGHT...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT...BUILDING TO 3 TO 5 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
.SUN...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING SW 15 TO 20 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. WINDS BECOMING NW TO N 20 TO 30 KT BEHIND FRONT. GUSTS
UP TO 45 KT S OF 27N WITHIN 60 NM OF SHORE IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS
2 TO 4 FT...BUILDING TO 4 TO 7 FT BEHIND FRONT.
.SUN NIGHT...NW TO N WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. GUSTS UP TO 45 KT S OF 27N
WITHIN 60 NM OF SHORE. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT...BUILDING TO 6 TO 10 FT
AFTER MIDNIGHT.
.MON...N WINDS 25 TO 30 KT. GUSTS UP TO 45 KT S OF 27N WITHIN 60
NM OF SHORE IN THE MORNING. SEAS 6 TO 10 FT.
.TUE...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 8 FT.
.WED...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT.  

NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO

.TODAY...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...DIMINISHING TO 5 TO 10 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT...SUBSIDING TO 2 TO 4 FT IN THE AFTERNOON.
.TONIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING SE 5 TO 10 KT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.SUN...S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.SUN NIGHT...SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING NW 25 TO 30 KT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT...BUILDING TO 6 TO 9 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT.
.MON...N WINDS 25 TO 30 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. 
.TUE...NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 8 FT.
.WED...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT.