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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1043 AM EST SAT JAN 4 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...HIGH PRES RIDGE ACROSS THE AREA WILL MOVE E AS A
STRONG COLD FRONT MOVES INTO THE NW GULF SUN MORNING EXTENDING
FROM CENTRAL LOUISIANA COAST TO BROWNSVILLE TEXAS BY SUN LATE
AND FROM FLORIDA PANHANDLE TO BAY OF CAMPECHE BY LATE SUN NIGHT
THEN MOVE SE OF THE GULF BY MON EVENING. GALE WINDS WILL ARRIVE
BEHIND THE FRONT OVER THE W CENTRAL AND SW GULF WITH AT LEAST
NEAR GALE CONDITIONS ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE GULF LATE SUN
NIGHT AND MON. SOUTHERLY RETURN FLOW WILL SET UP ACROSS THE NW
GULF WATERS ON TUE AND SPREAD E ACROSS THE WATERS W OF 90W BY
WED NIGHT. 

.TODAY...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. SCATTERED TSTMS. 
.TONIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED TSTMS. 
.SUN...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING S 5 TO 10 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.SUN NIGHT...SW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT...SUBSIDING TO
1 TO 2 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
.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 4 TO 6 FT.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...COLD FRONT FROM 26N65W TO 25N68W THEN STATIONARY TO
CENTRAL CUBA WILL LIFT BACK N AS A WARM FRONT LATER
TODAY...GRADUALLY DISSIPATING IN THE SOUTHERLY RETURN FLOW
SETTING UP ACROSS THE ATLC N OF BAHAMAS TONIGHT...ALL AHEAD OF
ANOTHER COLD FRONT MOVING OFF THE GEORGIA COAST ON MON. THIS
STRONG FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM BERMUDA TO THE WINDWARD PASSAGE ON
TUE AND STALL ACROSS THE AREA ON WED.

.TODAY...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 4 TO
6 FT. 
.TONIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N...AND E 15 TO 20 KT N OF
27N. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT...BUILDING TO 4 TO 6 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.SUN AND SUN NIGHT...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.MON...W WINDS 25 TO 30 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.TUE THROUGH WED...NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT.