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FZNT27 KNHC 030831
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
431 AM EDT THU APR 3 2014

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

.SYNOPSIS...RIDGING EXTENDING ALONG 30N FROM ATLC HIGH PRES
REACHING ACROSS FLORIDA WILL CONTINUE TO PROMOTE MODERATE TO
LOCALLY STRONG RETURN FLOW THROUGH TONIGHT. A WEAK COLD FRONT
ENTERS THE TEXAS COASTAL WATERS BY EARLY FRI...STALLING FROM THE
WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE TO JUST S OF BROWNSVILLE TEXAS FRI
NIGHT. THE FRONT WILL MOVE BACK NW AS A WARM FRONT SAT INTO EARLY
SUN...THEN BACK E AS A COLD FRONT LATE SUN THROUGH MON.

NORTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO

.TODAY...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT...BUILDING TO 6 TO
8 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. PATCHY FOG WITH VSBY 3 NM. 
.TONIGHT...S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. PATCHY FOG WITH
VSBY 3 NM.
.FRI...S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING NE IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS
5 TO 7 FT...SUBSIDING TO 4 TO 6 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.FRI NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KT
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SAT...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.SUN...S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.MON...NW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.  

NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO

.TODAY...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.TONIGHT...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.FRI...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.FRI NIGHT...S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT IN SE TO S SWELL...
SUBSIDING TO 3 TO 4 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT.
.SAT...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT IN SE TO S SWELL. 
.SUN...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.MON...SW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT.