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FZNT27 KNHC 040218
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1018 PM EDT THU APR3 2014

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

.SYNOPSIS...ATLANTIC RIDGE EXTENDS FROM SW N ATLANTIC W ALONG
30N ACROSS FLORIDA AND N GULF COASTS WILL CONTINUE TO PROMOTE
MODERATE TO LOCALLY STRONG RETURN FLOW THROUGH TONIGHT. A WEAK
COLD FRONT WILL ENTER THE TEXAS COASTAL WATERS BY EARLY
FRI...STALL FROM THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE TO JUST S OF
BROWNSVILLE TEXAS FRI NIGHT. THE FRONT WILL LIFT BACK N A WARM
FRONT SAT INTO EARLY SUN AS LOW PRES FORMS OVER NE TEXAS AND
TRACKS NE OVER THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY WHILE RAPIDLY
DEEPENING. THIS WILL ALLOW FOR THE FRONT TO SWEEP SE AS A COLD
FRONT ACROSS THE NW GULF LATE SUN...REACHING TO A POSITION FROM
THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE TO EASTERN BAY OF CAMPECHE BY LATE MON
AFTERNOON...AND FROM SW FLORIDA TO NE YUCATAN PENINSULA EARLY
TUE AFTERNOON BEFORE MOVING TO JUST SE OF THE GULF TUE EVENING. 

NORTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO

.OVERNIGHT...SE TO S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. PATCHES 
OF FOG.
.FRI...S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING E IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS
5 TO 7 FT...SUBSIDING TO 4 TO 6 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND TSTMS W OF 94W. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS
BETWEEN 90W AND 94W.
.FRI NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING E 10 TO 15 KT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SAT...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT...BUILDING TO 4 TO
6 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. 
.SAT NIGHT...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT...SUBSIDING TO
3 TO 5 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
.SUN...S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.MON...NW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.TUE...NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.  

NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO

.OVERNIGHT...S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT W OF 87W...AND SE WINDS 10 TO 
15 KT E OF 87W. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT W OF 87W...AND 3 TO 5 FT E OF 
87W. PATCHES OF FOG W OF 87W.
.FRI...S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT...SUBSIDING TO 3 TO 5 FT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS W OF 87W. ISOLATED
SHOWERS E OF 87W.
.FRI NIGHT...S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT...SUBSIDING TO
3 TO 4 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS W OF 87W.
ISOLATED SHOWERS E OF 87W.
.SAT...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...INCREASING TO 10 TO 15 KT
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT...BUILDING TO 2 TO 4 FT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. 
.SUN...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.MON...SW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.TUE...NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.