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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
408 PM EST TUE JAN 14 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 EXTENDING FROM NORTHERN FLORIDA TO THE
EASTERN BAY OF CAMPECHE WILL MOVE SE OF THE GULF LATER TODAY.
THE NEXT COLD FRONT WILL PUSH INTO THE NW GULF TONIGHT...AND
ALSO QUICKLY MOVE SE ACROSS THE GULF WED. HIGH PRES WILL BUILD
ACROSS THE AREA IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT LATE WED AND THU. THE
HIGH WILL SLIDE EASTWARD WHILE WEAKENING THU AND FRI ALLOWING
FOR RETURN FLOW TO SET UP OVER THE FAR WESTERN GULF. YET ANOTHER
COLD FRONT SWEEPS SE ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF LATE THU NIGHT
INTO FRI. THIS FRONT IS EXPECTED TO REACH FROM THE FLORIDA BIG
BEND TO NEAR 26N90W AND TO FAR NE MEXICO BY DAYBREAK FRI...AND
TO THE FAR SE GULF FRI AFTERNOON BEFORE EXITING THE GULF FRI
NIGHT. WEAK HIGH PRES BEHIND THE FRONT WILL MOVE EASTWARD FRI
AND SAT. 

.TONIGHT...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT...SUBSIDING TO
2 TO 4 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
.WED...NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.WED NIGHT...NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...INCREASING TO 25 TO 30 KT
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT...BUILDING TO 6 TO 9 FT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. 
.THU...NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...BECOMING N 15 TO 20 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. 
.THU NIGHT...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING NW 5 TO 10 KT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT...SUBSIDING TO 4 TO 6 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT.
.FRI...NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.SAT...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.SUN...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...A COLD FRONT ENTERING THE FAR NW PORTION WILL EXTEND
FROM NEAR 31N76W TO SE FLORIDA THIS EVENING AND FROM 31N74W TO
CENTRAL CUBA EARLY WED AND FROM 31N72W TO E-CENTRAL CUBA WED AND
FROM 31N71W TO EASTERN CUBA BY EARLY THU. THE FRONT WILL WEAKEN
NEAR 31N68W TO THE SE BAHAMAS AND STATIONARY TO WINDWARD PASSAGE
THU EVENING INTO FRI AND DISSIPATE INTO SAT. A STRONGER COLD
FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE NW AND N CENTRAL PORTION OF THE AREA
LATE FRI NIGHT AND EXTEND FROM NEAR 28N65W TO THE WINDWARD
PASSAGE LATE SAT AS IT WEAKENS. STRONG HIGH PRES IN WEAK OF THE
FRONT.

.TONIGHT...SW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT...SUBSIDING TO
2 TO 4 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
.WED...S OF 27N...SW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. N OF 27N...W WINDS 5 TO
10 KT...INCREASING TO 10 TO 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 TO
4 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.WED NIGHT...S OF 27N...W WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. N OF 27N...W WINDS
10 TO 15 KT...INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO
4 FT...BUILDING TO 3 TO 5 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.THU...S OF 27N...NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. N OF 27N...W WINDS 25 TO
30 KT...BECOMING NW 20 TO 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 5 TO
7 FT...BUILDING TO 6 TO 8 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.THU NIGHT...NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KT
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT...SUBSIDING TO 3 TO 5 FT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. 
.FRI...NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.SAT...NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.SUN...NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.