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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1009 PM 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 N OF AREA IS PUSHING A COLD
FRONT INTO THE NORTH WATERS. THE NORTHERLY FLOW BEHIND THE FRONT
WILL INCREASE TO GALE FORCE OVER THE NW WATERS TONIGHT...SHIFTING
SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE MEXICAN OFFSHORE WATERS LATE TONIGHT INTO
FRI. A WEAK LOW PRES WILL DEVELOP OVER THE WESTERN GULF FRI NIGHT
INTO SAT AND MOVE NE THROUGH SUN BEFORE DISSIPATING OVER THE NE
PART OF THE GULF. STRONG HIGH PRES IS FORECAST TO PUSH ANOTHER
COLD FRONT INTO THE N WATERS BY MON.

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

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...A STATIONARY FRONT EXTENDS FROM 26N65W TO EASTERN 
CUBA...WHERE IT WILL MEANDER THROUGH THE WEEKEND BEFORE
DISSIPATING. THE ASSOCIATED NW SWELL WILL DOMINATE MUCH OF
REGIONAL WATERS THROUGH THE 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 THE REMNANTS OF THE PREVIOUS FRONTS
SUN NIGHT.

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