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FZNT27 KNHC 310852
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
352 AM EST FRI JAN 31 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 EXTENDING FROM STRAITS OF FLORIDA
TO THE NE YUCATAN PENINSULA WILL WEAKEN BEFORE THE REMNANTS
BEGIN TO SHIFT NW LATE TODAY THROUGH SAT. SOUTHERLY FLOW HAS SET
UP ACROSS THE NW CORNER OF THE GULF AND WILL SPREAD OVER THE
ENTIRE GULF SAT. NEXT COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO REACH THE TEXAS
COAST LATE SUN. THE FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM MOBILE AL TO NEAR
TAMPICO MEXICO BY MON MORNING...WHERE IT WILL STALL...THEN BEGIN
TO DRIFT NW AND INLAND ON TUE. ON THIS DAY...MODERATE SOUTHERLY
RETURN FLOW IS EXPECTED TO DOMINATE AGAIN THE ENTIRE GULF REGION.

NORTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO

.TODAY...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.TONIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SAT...S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT...BUILDING TO 4 TO 6
FT IN THE AFTERNOON.
.SAT NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SUN...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.MON...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.TUE...S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.  

NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO

.TODAY...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. 
.TONIGHT...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT...BUILDING TO 2 TO
3 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
.SAT...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.SUN...S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.MON...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.TUE...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.