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FZNT27 KNHC 261540
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1139 AM EDT WED MAR 26 2014

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

.SYNOPSIS...STRONG HIGH PRES ACROSS THE GULF WILL SHIFT E OF THE
AREA BY FRI ALLOWING FOR SOUTHERLY RETURN FLOW TO SET UP ACROSS
THE FORECAST WATERS. A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL ENTER THE NW GULF
EARLY ON SAT. THE COLD FRONT WILL REACH FROM NEAR APALACHICOLA
FLORIDA TO THE YUCATAN PENINSULA LATE SAT...AND MOVE SE OF THE
GULF LATE SUN AS HIGH PRES BUILDS ACROSS THE AREA IN ITS WAKE. 

NORTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO

.THIS AFTERNOON...E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.TONIGHT...SE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS.
.THU...SE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...DIMINISHING TO 15 TO 20 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS W OF 94W.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS BETWEEN 90W AND 94W.
.THU NIGHT...S WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT...SUBSIDING TO
5 TO 7 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS.
.FRI...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.SAT...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.SUN...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.  

NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO

.THIS AFTERNOON...NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT.
.TONIGHT...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.THU...SE 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.
BETWEEN 87W AND 90W...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. E OF 
87W...ISOLATED SHOWERS AND TSTMS BECOMING SCATTERED SHOWERS AND 
TSTMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
.THU NIGHT...SE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND TSTMS E OF 87W. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS
BETWEEN 87W AND 90W. 
.FRI...S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. 
.SAT...SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 5 FT. 
.SUN...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.