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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
417 PM EST MON JAN 27 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 LAFAYETTE LOUISIANA TO JUST N OF
BROWNSVILLE TEXAS WILL SWEEP SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE GULF AND
EXTEND FROM WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA TO THE BAY OF CAMPECHE BY LATE
TUE AND CLEAR MOST OF THE GULF BY LATE WED. GALE CONDITIONS ARE
LIKELY BEHIND THE FRONT SPREADING S FROM THE W CENTRAL GULF TO
THE SW GULF LATE TUE NIGHT THROUGH WED. THE FRONT WILL DISSIPATE
OVER THE SOUTHERN THU NIGHT OR FRI. SOUTHERLY FLOW DEVELOPS
ALONG THE TEXAS COAST FRI AND SPREADS OVER THE ENTIRE GULF SAT. 

.TONIGHT...W WINDS LESS THAN 5 KT...BECOMING SE AFTER MIDNIGHT.
SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. 
.TUE...S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. 
.TUE NIGHT...W WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING  N AFTER MIDNIGHT.
SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.WED...N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT...BUILDING TO 4 TO
6 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. 
.WED NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...DIMINISHING TO 15 TO 20 KT
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 5 TO 8 FT.
.THU...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.FRI...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.SAT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...A BROAD SURFACE TROUGH THAT EXTENDS FROM 30N69W TO
THE CENTRAL BAHAMAS WILL BECOME DIFFUSE LATER TONIGHT. A COLD
FRONT WILL MOVE OFF THE NE FLORIDA COAST LATE TONIGHT AND STALL
ACROSS THE EXTREME NW PORTION OF THE AREA TUE...WITH A
REINFORCING FRONT OVERTAKING IT WED. THE MERGED FRONT WILL EXTEND
FROM 31N68W TO THE CENTRAL BAHAMAS WED EVENING AND RETROGRADE NW
AS WEAK LOW PRES MAKES MOVES EASTWARD ALONG THE FRONT FROM THE
GULF OF MEXICO THU. THE FRONT WILL GRADUALLY DISSIPATE FROM
31N69W TO THE NORTHERN BAHAMAS BY LATE FRI. HIGH PRES BUILDS IN
SAT.

.TONIGHT...S OF 27N...NE WINDS LESS THAN 5 KT... BECOMING E AFTER
MIDNIGHT. N OF 27N...W WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING SW AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.TUE...S OF 27N...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. N OF 27N...S WINDS 5 TO
10 KT...BECOMING SW 10 TO 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.
.TUE NIGHT...S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT S OF 27N...AND SW 10 TO 15 KT N
OF 27N. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.WED...S OF 27N...N WINDS LESS THAN 5 KT... INCREASING TO 10 TO
15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. N OF 27N...NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS
2 TO 4 FT...BUILDING TO 4 TO 6 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. 
.WED NIGHT...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING NE 10 TO 15 KT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.THU...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.FRI...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SAT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.