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FZNT27 KNHC 051501
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1101 AM EDT SAT APR 5 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 PANAMA CITY FLORIDA
ACROSS THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO TAMPICO MEXICO. THE
FRONT WILL LIFT NW AS A WARM FRONT THROUGH TONIGHT...THEN WILL
RETURN AS A STRONG COLD FRONT SUN NIGHT EXTENDING FROM SE
LOUISIANA TO THE WESTERN BAY OF CAMPECHE BY MON ...FROM TAMPA
BAY FLORIDA TO THE N CENTRAL YUCATAN TUE ...PUSHING SE OF THE
GULF TUE NIGHT. FRESH TO STRONG SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL BE AHEAD OF
THE COLD FRONT IN THE CENTRAL AND E GULF WITH A REINFORCING
SURGE OF NW WINDS ARRIVING BEHIND IT IN THE CENTRAL AND E GULF
TUE INTO EARLY WED. 

NORTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO

.THIS AFTERNOON...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. SCATTERED
TSTMS. 
.TONIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT...SUBSIDING TO
3 TO 4 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.SUN...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING S 15 TO 20 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT...BUILDING TO 3 TO 5 FT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.SUN NIGHT...S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING SW 10 TO 15 KT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.MON...NW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.TUE...NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.WED...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.  

NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO

.THIS AFTERNOON...S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED
TSTMS. 
.TONIGHT...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...INCREASING TO 10 TO 15 KT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.SUN...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.SUN NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING S 15 TO 20 KT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT...BUILDING TO 3 TO 5 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.MON...SW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.TUE...NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.WED...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT.