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FZNT27 KNHC 022131
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
431 PM EST SUN FEB 2 2014

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

.SYNOPSIS...SOUTHERLY RETURN FLOW WILL DOMINATE MOST OF THE
BASIN THROUGH THIS EVENING BEFORE A COLD FRONT BEGINS TO MOVE SE
INTO THE TEXAS COASTAL WATERS. THE FRONT WILL MOVE SE AND REACH
FROM MOBILE AL TO NEAR TAMPICO MEXICO BY MON MORNING WHERE IT
WILL BEGIN TO STALL...THEN WILL DRIFT NW AND MOVE INLAND MON
NIGHT. SOUTHERLY RETURN FLOW WILL AGAIN DOMINATE THE ENTIRE
BASIN EARLY TUE. THE NEXT COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE TEXAS
COASTAL WATERS LATE TUE REACHING FROM SW FLORIDA TO THE SW GULF
BY LATE WED WHERE IT WILL STALL THROUGH THU. 

NORTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO

.TONIGHT...SW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING  NW AFTER MIDNIGHT.
SEAS 4 TO 5 FT...BUILDING TO 4 TO 6 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
.MON...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING NE 10 TO 15 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT...SUBSIDING TO 3 TO 5 FT IN THE
AFTERNOON. 
.MON NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT...SUBSIDING TO
3 TO 4 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
.TUE...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT...BUILDING TO 3 TO
5 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. 
.TUE NIGHT...W WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING N 5 TO 10 KT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 
.WED...NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.THU...NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.FRI...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.  

NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO

.TONIGHT...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.MON...S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT...SUBSIDING TO 2 TO
4 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. 
.MON NIGHT...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.TUE...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.TUE NIGHT...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 
.WED...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.THU...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.FRI...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.