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FZNT27 KNHC 250910
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
510 AM EDT TUE MAR 25 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 EXTENDS FROM TAMPA BAY TO 1013 MB
LOW PRES NEAR 26N88W THEN CONTINUES TO MEXICAN COAST NEAR
VERACRUZ. A REINFORCING COLD FRONT HAS ENTERED THE NW GULF THIS
MORNING AND WILL MOVE QUICKLY SE AND MERGE WITH THE FIRST FRONT
ACROSS SE PORTIONS THIS AFTERNOON...THEN MOVE S-SE AND INTO NW
CARIBBEAN EARLY WED. STRONG HIGH PRES WILL BUILD BEHIND THE
FRONT TODAY THROUGH WED AND SHIFT NE OF AREA THU. TROUGHING WILL
INCREASE ACROSS THE W GULF FRI AS HIGH PRES MOVES NE OF THE
AREA. A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL MOVE QUICKLY ACROSS THE NORTHERN
GULF LATE FRI AND SAT. 

NORTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO

.TODAY...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...INCREASING TO 20 TO 25 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT...BUILDING TO 4 TO 6 FT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SLIGHT CHANCE OF TSTMS. 
.TONIGHT...NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.WED...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...INCREASING TO 20 TO 25 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT...BUILDING TO 6 TO 8 FT IN THE
AFTERNOON. 
.WED NIGHT...SE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT...BUILDING TO
6 TO 9 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
.THU...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. 
.FRI...S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.SAT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.  

NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO

.TODAY...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. SCATTERED SHOWERS. 
.TONIGHT...N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT...BUILDING TO
5 TO 7 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
.WED...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT...SUBSIDING TO 4 TO
6 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. 
.WED NIGHT...E 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. 
.SAT...W WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.