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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
340 AM EST WED JAN 8 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...FRESH TO STRONG NE WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH IN
THE SE GULF THROUGH TONIGHT. FRESH TO STRONG SE RETURN FLOW WILL
SET UP ACROSS THE NW GULF WATERS AFTER SUNRISE TODAY...DIMINISHING
SLIGHTLY BY LATE TONIGHT...WITH MODERATE TO FRESH RETURN FLOW
ELSEWHERE ACROSS THE GULF WED THROUGH FRI. THE NEXT COLD FRONT
WILL MOVE OFF THE TEXAS COAST EARLY SAT QUICKLY REACHING FROM THE
FLORIDA BIG BEND TO THE SW GULF SAT NIGHT...PUSHING SE OF THE
GULF SUN.

.TODAY...NE WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 8 FT.
.TONIGHT...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT...SUBSIDING TO
3 TO 5 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT.
.THU...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.THU NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.FRI...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.SAT...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SUN...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT IN MIXED NE AND SE
SWELL.

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...A COLD FRONT FROM 29N65W TO 24N74W THEN STATIONARY TO
22N77W WILL COMPLETELY STALL LATER TODAY. THE REMNANTS OF THE
FRONT WILL RETURN N AS A WARM FRONT ACROSS THE CENTRAL BAHAMAS ON
THU...CONTINUING N ON FRI AND PASSING ACROSS 31N ON FRI NIGHT.
HIGH PRES BUILDS NE OF THE AREA SAT. A NEW COLD FRONT WILL
APPROACH THE NW PORTION LATE SAT...MOVING INTO THE WESTERN WATERS
SUN.

.TODAY...S OF 27N...NE WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. N OF 27N...NE WINDS 15
TO 20 KT...INCREASING TO 20 TO 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 TO 6
FT...BUILDING TO 5 TO 8 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND ISOLATED TSTMS.
.TONIGHT...S OF 27N...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...DIMINISHING TO 10 TO
15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. N OF 27N...E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...
DIMINISHING TO 15 TO 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS.
.THU...S OF 27N...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. N OF 27N...E WINDS 15 TO
20 KT...INCREASING TO 20 TO 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 TO 6
FT...BUILDING TO 5 TO 8 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND ISOLATED TSTMS.
.THU NIGHT...S OF 27N...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...INCREASING TO 10 TO
15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. N OF 27N...E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...
DIMINISHING TO 15 TO 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT...
SUBSIDING TO 4 TO 6 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
ISOLATED TSTMS.
.FRI...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.SAT...SE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.SUN...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.