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FZNT27 KNHC 231455
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1055 AM EDT SUN MAR 23 2014

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

.SYNOPSIS...A WEAK RIDGE ACROSS THE N GULF WILL SINK SE AND
WEAKEN TODAY IN ADVANCE OF A COLD FRONT EXPECTED TO MOVE ENTER
THE NW GULF MIDDAY AND STRETCH FROM APALACHICOLA FLORIDA TO
BROWNSVILLE TEXAS TODAY...THEN FROM TAMPA BAY TO NE MEXICO NEAR
24N98W BY MON EVENING WHERE IT WILL STALL. A REINFORCING FRONT
ENTERS THE GULF AND MERGES WITH THE STALLED FRONT BY TUE...WITH
THE MERGED FRONT PASSING SE OF THE GULF TUE EVENING. HIGH PRES
WILL BUILD BEHIND THE FRONT LATE TUE AND WED TO PRODUCE FRESH TO
STRONG WINDS AND BUILDING SEAS. RETURN FLOW EXPECTED THU.  

NORTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO

...DENSE FOG ADVISORY...

.THIS AFTERNOON...S WINDS LESS THAN 5 KT...BECOMING N 10 TO 15 KT
IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND SLIGHT
CHANCE OF TSTMS. 
.TONIGHT...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT...BUILDING TO
3 TO 5 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. CHANCE OF SHOWERS. 
.MON...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.MON NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT...SUBSIDING TO 2 TO 4 FT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.TUE...NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.WED...E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. 
.THU...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT.  

NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO

.THIS AFTERNOON...W WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. CHANCE OF
SHOWERS AND SLIGHT CHANCE OF TSTMS. 
.TONIGHT...NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING N 15 TO 20 KT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.MON...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.MON NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT...SUBSIDING TO
2 TO 3 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SHOWERS LIKELY AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.TUE...N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.WED...NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.THU...SE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT.