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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
428 AM EST WED JAN 15 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 FROM SW LOUISIANA TO INLAND BROWNSVILLE
TEXAS WILL QUICKLY MOVE ACROSS THE NW GULF THIS MORNING...AND
THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE GULF THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE EXITING
THE AREA THIS EVENING. STRONG HIGH PRES WILL BUILD ACROSS THE
AREA IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT. ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP
ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF BY LATE THU NIGHT AND INTO EARLY FRI.
THIS FRONT WILL REACH FROM NEAR CEDAR KEY FLORIDA TO 25N90W AND
TO NE MEXICO BY DAYBREAK FRI...AND TO SE OF THE GULF FRI
EVENING. WEAK HIGH PRES BEHIND THE FRONT WILL SLIDE EASTWARD FRI
AND SAT...AND BECOME CENTERED OVER THE CENTRAL WATERS SUN. 

.TODAY...NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. ISOLATED SHOWERS. 
.TONIGHT...NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT...BUILDING TO 
TO 7 TO 10 FT  AFTER MIDNIGHT. ISOLATED SHOWERS.
.THU...NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...BECOMING N 15 TO 20 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT...SUBSIDING TO 6 TO 9 FT IN NW SWELL
IN THE AFTERNOON. ISOLATED SHOWERS.
.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 20 TO 25 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 4 FT.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...A COLD FRONT FROM 31N76W TO ALONG THE SE FLORIDA
COAST...AND TO NW CUBA WILL REACH FROM NEAR 31N75W TO W CENTRAL
CUBA THIS EVENING...FROM 31N71W TO EASTERN CUBA BY EARLY THU. THE
FRONT WILL WEAKEN AS IT EXTENDS FROM 31N69W TO THE SE BAHAMAS AND
TO FAR EASTERN CUBA APPROACHING THE WINDWARD PASSAGE THU EVENING
INTO FRI. A STRONG SURGE OF NW FLOW WILL FOLLOW IN THE WAKE OF A
RAPIDLY MOVING DRY COLD FRONT THAT SWEEPS ACROSS THE NORTHERN 
AND WESTERN WATERS THU. GALE FORCE WINDS ARE FORECAST OVER 
PORTIONS OF THE NW AND N CENTRAL WATERS THU. THE COLD FRONT WILL 
WEAKEN FROM NEAR 31N66W TO VICINITY OF THE WINDWARD FRI THROUGH 
SAT. ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL REACH THE SE U.S. COAST LATE FRI. 
FRESH TO STRONG SW TO W WINDS WILL DEVELOP IN THE NW PORTION IN 
ADVANCE OF THE FRONT. THE FRONT WILL QUICKLY MOVE TO A POSITION 
FROM NEAR 31N76W TO WEST PALM BEACH FLORIDA EARLY SAT...THEN 
WEAKEN AS REACHES FROM NEAR 31N66W TO VICINITY SE BAHAMAS AND 
WINDWARD PASSAGE LATE SAT NIGHT...AND OVER THE FAR E AND SE 
WATERS SUN. STRONG TO NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED BEHIND 
THIS FRONT OVER THE NW PORTION ON FRI INTO SAT.

...GALE WARNING E OF 78W...

.TODAY...S OF 27N...S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING SW 10 TO 15 KT
IN THE AFTERNOON. N OF 27N...W WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.
.TONIGHT...S OF 27N...W WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING NW 15 TO
20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. N OF 27N...NW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING W
15 TO 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 3 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...EXCEPT NW 25 TO
35 KT E OF 78W. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT BUILDING TO 5 TO 7 FT IN THE
AFTERNOON...EXCEPT 6 TO 8 FT E OF 78W BUILDING TO 8 TO 11 FT LATE.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS ALONG FRONT..
.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 25 TO 30 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT.
.SAT...NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.SUN...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.