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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1033 AM EST THU JAN 23 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...STRONG HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING FROM GREAT PLAINS S
INTO GULF COAST STATES WILL PUSH ANOTHER COLD FRONT INTO THE
NORTHERN WATERS THIS AFTERNOON WITH THE NORTHERLY FLOW
INCREASING TO GALE FORCE OVER THE NW WATERS EARLY
TONIGHT...SHIFTING SOUTHWARD ACROSS MEXICAN OFFSHORE WATERS LATE
TONIGHT. WEAK LOW PRES WILL DEVELOP OVER THE WESTERN GULF FRI
NIGHT INTO SAT AND MOVE NE ON SAT NIGHT. A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL
MOVE INTO THE NW WATERS ON SAT NIGHT REINFORCED BY A STRONG COLD
FRONT ON SUN NIGHT. 

.TODAY...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT...SUBSIDING TO
2 TO 4 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. 
.TONIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.FRI...NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.FRI NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KT
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT...SUBSIDING TO 3 TO 5 FT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. 
.SAT...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.SUN...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.MON...SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...MERGED COLD FRONTS HAVE STALLED FROM 25N66W TO
WINDWARD PASSAGE...WHERE IT WILL MEANDER THROUGH THIS
EVENING...THEN DRIFT NW INTO SE BAHAMAS THROUGH THE WEEKEND
BEFORE DISSIPATING. ASSOCIATED NW SWELL TO DOMINATE MUCH OF
REGIONAL WATERS THROUGH WEEKEND. ANOTHER COLD FRONT AND SURGE OF
STRONG NW WINDS WILL ENTER NW PORTIONS EARLY FRI AND MOVE SE
THROUGH EARLY SAT BEFORE STALLING FROM NW BAHAMAS TO JUST SE OF
BERMUDA. A THIRD COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP ACROSS THE N WATERS LATE
SAT AND SUN AND MERGE WITH REMNANTS OF THE PREVIOUS FRONTS ON SUN
NIGHT.

.TODAY...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N...AND N 5 TO 10 KT N OF
27N. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.TONIGHT...S OF 27N...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT... DIMINISHING TO 5 TO
10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. N OF 27N...N WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING NW
10 TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT...SUBSIDING TO 2 TO
4 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
.FRI...S OF 27N...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT
IN THE AFTERNOON. N OF 27N...NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...BECOMING N
15 TO 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT...BUILDING TO 4 TO
6 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. 
.FRI NIGHT...S OF 27N...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT... DIMINISHING TO
10 TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. N OF 27N...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...
DIMINISHING TO 5 TO 10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.SAT...NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SUN...NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.MON...SW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.