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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
949 PM EST FRI JAN 3 2014

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

SOUTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO

.SYNOPSIS...A COLD FRONT WILL ENTER THE NW GULF WATERS SUN
AFTERNOON AND REACH FROM TAMPA BAY FLORIDA TO THE BAY OF CAMPECHE
EARLY MON...THEN RACE SE THROUGH THE FLORIDA STRAITS LATE MON
WITH NEAR GALE CONDITIONS IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT ON SUN NIGHT
AND MON. 

.TONIGHT...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT...SUBSIDING TO
5 TO 7 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SCATTERED SHOWERS. 
.SAT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT...SUBSIDING TO 4 TO
6 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. 
.SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT...SUBSIDING TO
2 TO 4 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.SUN...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING S 5 TO 10 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.SUN NIGHT...SW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...INCREASING TO 10 TO 15 KT
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. 
.MON...N WINDS 25 TO 30 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. 
.TUE...NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. 
.WED...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...A COLD FRONT FROM 30N65W TO NW CUBA WILL STALL FROM
27N65W TO CENTRAL CUBA LATE TONIGHT...THEN LIFT BACK ACROSS THE
BAHAMA CHANNEL AS A WARM FRONT ON SAT...GRADUALLY DISSIPATING IN
THE SOUTHERLY RETURN FLOW SETTING UP ACROSS THE ATLC WATERS N OF
BAHAMAS ON SAT NIGHT. ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL MOVE OFF THE
GEORGIA COAST ON MON AND RACE THROUGH THE AREA MON EVENING.

.TONIGHT...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.SAT...S OF 27N...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...DIMINISHING TO 10 TO
15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. N OF 27N...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO
5 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SUN...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.SUN NIGHT...S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT S OF 27N...AND SW 10 TO 15 KT N
OF 27N. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.MON...W WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.TUE...N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.WED...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.