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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
958 PM EST MON JAN 20 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 STRONG AND FAST MOVING COLD FRONT WILL ENTER THE
NORTHERN GULF WATERS LATE TONIGHT AND MOVE SE OF THE AREA LATE
TUE NIGHT. STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS WILL FOLLOW THIS FRONT ON TUE.
HIGH PRES IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT WILL BE RE-INFORCING BY A
STRONGER HIGH PRES OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS OF U.S. LATE WED INTO
THU. THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING AN INCREASE IN WINDS AND SEAS ACROSS
MUCH OF THE GULF LATE THU THROUGH FRI. A WEAK LOW PRES WITH AN
ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT MAY DEVELOP ACROSS THE WESTERN GULF LATE FRI
INTO SAT.

.TONIGHT...SW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. 
.TUE...W WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT...BUILDING TO 3 TO 5 FT IN THE
AFTERNOON. 
.TUE NIGHT...NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.WED...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. 
.WED NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT...SUBSIDING TO
3 TO 5 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
.THU...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.FRI...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SAT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...A STATIONARY FRONT EXTENDS FROM 25N65W TO THE
WINDWARD PASSAGE. A COLD FRONT STRETCHING FROM 31N70W TO THE
FLORIDA KEYS WILL DISSIPATE LATE TONIGHT. A SECOND STRONGER COLD
FRONT WILL MOVE OFF THE SE UNITED STATES COAST TONIGHT AND MERGE
WITH THE STATIONARY FRONT ON TUE. GALE FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED N
OF 29N JUST W OF THE FRONT ON TUE NIGHT. THE MERGED FRONT WILL
MOVE E OF THE AREA ON WED NIGHT. A THIRD COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP
ACROSS THE FORECAST REGION THU AND FRI.

.TONIGHT...S OF 27N...N WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING S AFTER
MIDNIGHT. N OF 27N...W WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING SW 10 TO 15 KT
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT...SUBSIDING TO 1 TO 2 FT AFTER
MIDNIGHT.
.TUE...S OF 27N...SW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT
IN THE AFTERNOON. N OF 27N...W WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3
FT...BUILDING TO 2 TO 4 FT IN THE AFTERNOON.
.TUE NIGHT...S OF 27N...W WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...INCREASING TO 20 TO
25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. N OF 27N...W WINDS 25 TO 30 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6
FT...BUILDING TO 6 TO 8 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT.
.WED...NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT...SUBSIDING TO 5 TO
7 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. 
.WED NIGHT...S OF 27N...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. N OF 27N...NW WINDS
10 TO 15 KT...DIMINISHING TO 5 TO 10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 TO
5 FT. 
.THU...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.FRI...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.SAT...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.