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FZNT27 KNHC 171516
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1116 AM EDT THU APR 17 2014

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

.SYNOPSIS...A WEAKENING STATIONARY FRONT EXTENDING WESTWARD FROM
NEAR FORT MYERS FLORIDA TO 26N87W TO 25N94W WILL CONTINUE TO
DRIFT N AS A WEAK WARM FRONT THROUGH EARLY FRI. AN AREA OF LOW
PRES IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP ALONG THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY OVER THE
NE GULF TONIGHT INTO FRI. THE ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WILL EXTEND
FROM THE LOW CENTER NEAR 29N88W TO THE CENTRAL BAY OF CAMPECHE
BY FRI MORNING. THE LOW PRES WILL TRACK NE AND MOVE INLAND WITH
THE COLD FRONT EXTENDING FROM THE TAMPA BAY AREA TO NE YUCATAN
PENINSULA BY FRI NIGHT...AND WILL BE E OF AREA BY SAT. MINIMAL
GALE FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED ON THE NW SEMICIRCLE OF THE LOW
CENTER WITH LIKELY GUSTS TO GALE FORCE OVER THE NE GULF AHEAD OF
THE DEVELOPING LOW PRES. A RIDGE WILL EXTEND ACROSS THE GULF SAT
NIGHT THROUGH MON NIGHT. 

NORTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO

.THIS AFTERNOON...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT
IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT...BUILDING TO 3 TO 5 FT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SCATTERED SHOWERS. 
.TONIGHT...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.FRI...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SAT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.SUN...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.SUN NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.
.MON...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.MON NIGHT...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.  

NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO

...GALE WARNING...

.THIS AFTERNOON...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...INCREASING TO 20 TO 25 KT
IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT...BUILDING TO 5 TO 7 FT IN THE
AFTERNOON. 
.TONIGHT...E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. SCATTERED TSTMS. 
.FRI...E OF 90W...SW TO W WINDS 20 TO 30 KT...SHIFTING TO N 25 TO
30 KT...EXCEPT 30 TO 35 KT WITHIN 60 NM OF COAST. W OF 90W...N TO
NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT E OF 90W...AND 5 TO 7 FT W
OF 90W.
.FRI NIGHT...N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT...SUBSIDING TO
6 TO 8 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
.SAT...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.SUN...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.SUN NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.
.MON...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.MON NIGHT...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT.