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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
928 AM EST THU JAN 16 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 JUST SE OF THE GULF WILL CONTINUE TO
MOVE AWAY FROM THE BASIN TODAY AS 1024 MB HIGH PRES NEAR 26N94W
SHIFTS SE TO BECOME CENTERED OVER THE CENTRAL GULF. A SERIES OF
COLD FRONTS WILL CLIP MAINLY THE NE GULF THROUGH THE REMAINDER
OF THE FORECAST PERIOD. 

.TODAY...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT...SUBSIDING TO 5 TO 7 FT IN THE AFTERNOON.
.TONIGHT...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...DIMINISHING TO 5 TO 10 KT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT IN NW SWELL...SUBSIDING TO 3 TO 5 FT AFTER
MIDNIGHT.
.FRI...N WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT IN NW TO N SWELL. 
.FRI NIGHT...NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT...BUILDING TO 3 TO 5 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT.
.SAT...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SUN...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.MON...N WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...A FIRST COLD FRONT FROM 31N72W TO 27N73W TO 21N76W
WILL MERGE WITH A SECOND COLD FRONT FROM 31N77W TO 27N79W TO
23N81W THIS EVENING...FROM 31N70W TO 27N71W TO 22N73W TO
20.5N75W. GALE FORCE WINDS IN THE NW WATERS BEHIND THE SECOND
FRONT WILL DIMINISH BY EARLY THIS EVENING. A SERIES OF ADDITIONAL
COLD FRONTS WILL ROTATE THROUGH THE WATERS N OF 27N THROUGH EARLY
NEXT WEEK.

...GALE WARNING...

.TODAY...S OF 27N...NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT...BUILDING
TO 4 TO 6 FT LATE. N OF 27N...W TO NW WINDS 25 TO 35 KT. SEAS 7 TO
11 FT...SUBSIDING TO 4 TO 6 FT LATE. SCATTERED SHOWERS.
.TONIGHT...S OF 27N...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15
KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. N OF 27N...NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...DIMINISHING
TO 5 TO 10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT...SUBSIDING TO 3 TO 5
FT AFTER MIDNIGHT.
.FRI...NW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT IN MIXED SE AND NW
SWELL...SUBSIDING TO 2 TO 3 FT IN THE AFTERNOON.
.FRI NIGHT...S OF 27N...N WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...INCREASING TO 10 TO
15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. N OF 27N...W WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...INCREASING
TO 20 TO 25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.
.SAT...NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.SUN...NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.MON...NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.