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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
937 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 THE STRAITS OF
FLORIDA TO THE NE YUCATAN PENINSULA WILL WEAKEN BEFORE THE
REMNANTS BEGIN TO SHIFT NW LATER TODAY THROUGH SAT. SOUTHERLY
RETURN FLOW ACROSS THE NW CORNER OF THE GULF WILL SPREAD OVER THE
ENTIRE GULF BY LATE SAT. THE 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 WHERE IT WILL STALL...THEN WILL DRIFT
NW AND INLAND LATE MON. SOUTHERLY RETURN FLOW WILL AGAIN DOMINATE
THE ENTIRE GULF TUE.

.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 EXTENDING FROM 31N73W TO THE
STRAITS OF FLORIDA WILL BEGIN TO DRIFT NW AND MERGE WITH A TROUGH
CURRENTLY FROM 31N77W TO E CENTRAL FL LATER TODAY. THE MERGED
BOUNDARY WILL MOVE NW OF THE AREA BY SAT MORNING. OTHERWISE A
RIDGE OF HIGH PRES WILL DOMINATE THE FORECAST REGION THROUGH EARLY
NEXT WEEK.

.TODAY...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N...AND N TO NE 10 TO 20 KT
N OF 27N. SEAS 3 TO 6 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS.
.TONIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N...AND VARIABLE 5 TO 10
KT N OF 27N. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS.
.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.