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FZNT27 KNHC 262106
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
506 PM 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 OVER THE SE CONUS EXTENDS A RIDGE
ACROSS THE FORECAST WATERS PRODUCING FRESH TO STRONG WINDS. THE
HIGH PRES WILL SHIFT E ALLOWING FOR SOUTHERLY RETURN FLOW TO SET
UP ACROSS THE WESTERN GULF BY THU AND SPREADING EASTWARD ACROSS
THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA BY FRI. 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 AGAIN ACROSS
THE AREA. 

NORTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO

.TONIGHT...SE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT...BUILDING TO
6 TO 9 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
.THU...SE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...DIMINISHING TO 15 TO 20 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. 
.THU NIGHT...S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.FRI...S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT...SUBSIDING TO 4 TO 6 FT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.FRI NIGHT...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...DIMINISHING TO 5 TO 10 KT
AFTER MIDNIGHT. 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. 
.MON...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.  

NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO

.TONIGHT...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.THU...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT...BUILDING TO 5 TO
7 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. 
.THU NIGHT...SE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT...BUILDING TO
6 TO 9 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
.FRI...S WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...DIMINISHING TO 15 TO 20 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.FRI NIGHT...S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KT
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT...SUBSIDING TO 4 TO 6 FT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.SAT...SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SUN...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.MON...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.