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FZNT27 KNHC 240921
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
521 AM EDT MON MAR 24 2014

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

.SYNOPSIS...A COLD FRONT FROM FLORIDA BIG BEND TO NE MEXICO
EARLY THIS MORNING WILL REACH FROM NEAR TAMPA BAY TO NE MEXICO
NEAR 24N98W LATER THIS MORNING...AND STALL THROUGH TONIGHT. A
REINFORCING FRONT WILL ENTER THE GULF TONIGHT AND MOVE SE AND
MERGE WITH THE STALLED FRONT ACROSS SE PORTIONS TUE
EVENING...WITH THE MERGED FRONTS MOVING INTO NW CARIBBEAN EARLY
WED. HIGH PRES WILL BUILD BEHIND THE FRONT LATE TUE AND WED.
TROUGHING WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE W GULF FRI AS HIGH PRES MOVES
NE OF THE AREA. 

NORTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO

.TODAY...NE 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. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.TONIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.TUE...NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT...BUILDING TO 5 TO
7 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. 
.TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.WED...E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. 
.THU...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.FRI...S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.  

NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO

.TODAY...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING E 10 TO 15 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.TONIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...DIMINISHING TO 5 TO 10 KT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.TUE...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...INCREASING TO 20 TO 25 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT...BUILDING TO 3 TO 5 FT IN THE
AFTERNOON. 
.TUE NIGHT...N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.WED...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.THU...SE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.FRI...S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT.