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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
352 AM EST FRI JAN 31 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 STATIONARY FRONT EXTENDING FROM STRAITS OF FLORIDA
TO THE NE YUCATAN PENINSULA WILL WEAKEN BEFORE THE REMNANTS
BEGIN TO SHIFT NW LATE TODAY THROUGH SAT. SOUTHERLY FLOW HAS SET
UP ACROSS THE NW CORNER OF THE GULF AND WILL SPREAD OVER THE
ENTIRE GULF SAT. NEXT COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO REACH THE TEXAS
COAST LATE SUN. THE FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM MOBILE AL TO NEAR
TAMPICO MEXICO BY MON MORNING...WHERE IT WILL STALL...THEN BEGIN
TO DRIFT NW AND INLAND ON TUE. ON THIS DAY...MODERATE SOUTHERLY
RETURN FLOW IS EXPECTED TO DOMINATE AGAIN THE ENTIRE GULF REGION.

.TODAY...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.TONIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.SAT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.SUN...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.MON...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.TUE...SE 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 31N73W TO THE STRAITS
OF FLORIDA. A WEAK LOW PRES OF 1018 MB HAS DEVELOPED W OF FRONT
NEAR 30.5N79W. THE LOW PRES WILL DISSIPATE IN ABOUT 24 HOURS
WHILE MOVING NE. THE FRONT WILL BEGIN TO DRIFT NW ACROSS THE
FLORIDA PENINSULA AND THE SW N ATLC MOVING N OF AREA BY SAT
MORNING. ELSEWHERE...A RIDGE WILL DOMINATE THE FORECAST REGION
THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD.

.TODAY...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N...AND E 5 TO 10 KT N OF
27N. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.TONIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N...AND SE 5 TO 10 KT N OF
27N. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SAT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N...AND S 5 TO 10 KT N OF 27N.
SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...S OF 27N...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. N OF 27N...SE WINDS
5 TO 10 KT...INCREASING TO 10 TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 TO
5 FT. 
.SUN...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.MON...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.TUE...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.