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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
426 PM 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...OLD AND WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY EXTENDING FROM NEAR
SANIBEL ISLAND FLORIDA TO NEAR 22N90W HAS BEGIN TO DRIFT NW THIS
AFTERNOON AND WILL CONTINUE TO SHIFT NW ACROSS E GULF 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...THEN REACH 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. 

.TONIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.SAT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 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. 
.SUN NIGHT...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 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.WED...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...WARM FRONT DRIFTING NW ACROSS NW WATERS EXTENDS FROM
31N77W TO CENTRAL FLORIDA WILL MOVE SLOWLY NW AND INLAND ACROSS
SE U.S. TONIGHT THROUGH LATE SAT AS STRONG ATLC HIGH PRES RIDGE
BUILDS WESTWARD. OTHERWISE THE STRONG ATLC RIDGE WILL DOMINATE
THE FORECAST REGION THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK.

.TONIGHT...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. 
.SAT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...S OF 27N...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT... INCREASING TO
15 TO 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. N OF 27N...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS
3 TO 5 FT. 
.SUN...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SUN NIGHT...S OF 27N...E 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. 
.MON...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.TUE...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.WED...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.