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FZNT27 KNHC 122141
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
541 PM EDT MON MAY 12 2014

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

.SYNOPSIS...A RIDGE ALONG 30N WILL SHIFT EASTWARD AND WEAKEN
THROUGH WED NIGHT ALLOWING FOR A COLD FRONT TO MOVE INTO THE NW
GULF TUE EVENING. THE COLD FRONT WILL REACH FROM SE LOUISIANA TO
NEAR TAMPICO EARLY WED...FROM NEAR THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI
RIVER TO VERACRUZ MEXICO WED EVENING...FROM THE WESTERN FLORIDA
PANHANDLE TO JUST S OF VERACRUZ EARLY THU...FROM THE FLORIDA BIG
BEND TO FAR WESTERN YUCATAN PENINSULA THU EVENING. A WESTWARD
MOVING TROUGH WILL ENTER THE SE GULF WED...AND MERGE WITH A
PRE-FRONTAL TROUGH THU. THE MERGED TROUGH WILL MOVE INLAND
FLORIDA THU NIGHT AND FRI. GALE FORCE WINDS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
FAR W CENTRAL AND SW GULF WED AND THU. HIGH PRES IN THE WAKE OF
THE FRONT WILL WEAKEN AS IT SHIFTS EASTWARD FRI THROUGH SAT
NIGHT ALLOWING FOR WINDS TO DIMINISH AND SEAS TO SUBSIDE. 

NORTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO

.TONIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT...EXCEPT 6 TO
8 FT W OF 94W. 
.TUE...E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...EXCEPT BETWEEN 87W AND 94W DIMINISHING
TO 10 TO 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT...EXCEPT 6 TO 8 FT
W OF 94W.
.TUE NIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT IN SE SWELL.
.WED...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.WED NIGHT...N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.THU...N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.THU NIGHT...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.FRI...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.FRI NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.
.SAT...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.  

NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO

.TONIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.TUE...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.TUE NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.WED...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS. 
.WED NIGHT...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.THU...NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.THU NIGHT...N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.FRI...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.FRI NIGHT...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.SAT...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...N WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT.