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FZNT27 KNHC 130912
OFFN06

NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
412 AM EST MON JAN 13 2014

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

.SYNOPSIS...A STATIONARY FRONT IS DISSIPATING OVER THE FAR SE
GULF WHILE HIGH IS PRESENT ELSEWHERE. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE
INTO THE NW GULF THIS MORNING...AND QUICKLY REACH FROM NEAR SE
LOUISIANA TO NE MEXICO BY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...FROM
APALACHICOLA BAY TO INLAND THE NE YUCATAN PENINSULA BY EARLY
TUE...THEN WEAKEN AS IT EXITS TO JUST SE OF THE GULF BY EARLY
TUE NIGHT. ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF
TUE NIGHT...AND THROUGH THE EASTERN GULF WED. STRONG HIGH PRES
WILL BUILD ACROSS THE AREA IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT LATE WED AND
THU BRING FRESH TO STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS TO THE AREA. THE HIGH
WILL SLIDE EASTWARD WHILE WEAKENING THU AND FRI ALLOWING FOR
RETURN FLOW TO SET UP OVER THE FAR WESTERN GULF. YET ANOTHER
COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF ON FRI. 

NORTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO

.TODAY...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING W 15 TO 20 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS.
.TONIGHT...N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.TUE...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT...SUBSIDING TO 2 TO 4 FT IN THE
AFTERNOON. 
.TUE NIGHT...NW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.WED...N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.THU...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.FRI...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.  

NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO

.TODAY...S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...INCREASING TO 10 TO 15 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS
BETWEEN 87W AND 90W. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND TSTMS E OF 87W.
.TONIGHT...SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING W 15 TO 20 KT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT...BUILDING TO 2 TO 4 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.TUE...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED TSTMS. 
.TUE NIGHT...NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT...SUBSIDING TO 3 TO 4 FT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. 
.WED...NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.THU...NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.FRI...NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.