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FZNT27 KNHC 220343
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1043 PM EST SAT FEB 21 2015

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

.SYNOPSIS...A BROAD RIDGE EXTENDS FROM THE NW ATLC TO THE W GULF
OF MEXICO TONIGHT...AND WILL SHIFT E THROUGH MON...ALLOWING
WINDS AND SEAS TO DIMINISH QUICKLY TONIGHT INTO SUN. NEXT COLD
FRONT WILL APPROACH THE TEXAS COAST SUN AFTERNOON AND ENTER THE
NW GULF SUN NIGHT...AND SINK S ALONG 25N BY SUN EVENING WHERE IT
WILL BECOME STATIONARY AND GRADUALLY DISSIPATE THROUGH TUE. A
COASTAL TROUGH WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE W GULF MON NIGHT...WITH
LOW PRES THEN FORMING ALONG THE TEXAS COAST TUE...AND QUICKLY
TRACKING NE TOWARDS THE NE GULF AND INTO FLORIDA BEG BEND
THROUGH WED NIGHT...DRAGGING A STRONGER COLD FRONT BEHIND IT.
THIS FRONT IS EXPECTED TO REACH FROM NEAR THE FLORIDA BIG BEND
SW TO THE EASTERN BAY OF CAMPECHE BY LATE WED NIGHT FOLLOWED BY
BRIEF FRESH TO STRONG N WINDS AND BUILDING SEAS. 

NORTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO

...DENSE FOG ADVISORY...

.TONIGHT...S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. AREAS OF DENSE FOG WITH VSBY 1 NM OR
LESS. CHANCE OF SHOWERS.
.SUN...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING SE 5 TO 10 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS. 
.SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING NE 15 TO 20 KT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. CHANCE OF SHOWERS. 
.MON...NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.MON NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT.
.TUE...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.TUE NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.WED...N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.WED NIGHT...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.THU...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 
.THU NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.  

NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO

.TONIGHT...S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. SLIGHT CHANCE OF
SHOWERS. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. 
.SUN...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...DIMINISHING TO 5 TO 10 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS. 
.SUN NIGHT...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. SLIGHT CHANCE
OF SHOWERS. 
.MON...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.MON NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
.TUE...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. 
.TUE NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. 
.WED...S WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 
.WED NIGHT...N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.THU...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.THU NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.