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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
400 PM EST TUE FEB 11 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 EXTENDING FROM THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE
NEAR 30N85W TO 1015 MB LOW PRES NEAR 26N96W THEN S AND SW TO
21N98W WILL SLOWLY SINK SOUTHWARD THROUGH WED...PUSHING E AND SE
OF THE AREA BY EARLY THU AS HIGH PRES BUILDS IN THE WAKE OF THE
FRONT. GALE FORCE NORTHERLY WINDS IN THE W CENTRAL GULF BEHIND
THE GULF WILL SPREAD TO THE SW GULF ON WED...DIMINISHING BY WED
EVENING. SOUTHERLY RETURN FLOW SETS UP BASIN WIDE BY EARLY FRI.
THE NEXT FRONT APPROACHES THE NW PORTION BY EARLY SAT...ALTHOUGH
HIGH PRES WILL LIKELY KEEP IT FROM INTRUDING INTO THE OFFSHORE
WATERS WITH THE HIGH PREVAILING THROUGH SUN. 

.TONIGHT...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. 
.WED...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT...BUILDING TO 2 TO
3 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. 
.WED NIGHT...W TO NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...EXCEPT SW WINDS AHEAD OF
FRONT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT...BUILDING TO 4 TO 7 FT BEHIND FRONT.
.THU...NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...DIMINISHING TO 15 TO 20 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 5 TO 8 FT.
.THU NIGHT...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...DIMINISHING TO 5 TO 10 KT
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT...SUBSIDING TO 3 TO 5 FT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. 
.FRI...N WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT IN NW SWELL.
.SAT...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 3 FT.
.SUN...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...A COLD FRONT EXTENDING FROM 31N79W TO 30N81W WILL
STALL THIS EVENING...THEN WILL PUSH TO THE SE WED NIGHT INTO THU
REACHING FROM 31N71W TO THE CENTRAL BAHAMAS LATE THU...PUSHING E
OF 65W LATE FRI. MINIMAL GALE FORCE SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL SET UP
AHEAD OF THE FRONT N OF 28N W OF 77W LATE WED...SPREADING EASTWARD
THROUGH LATE THU. SOUTHERLY RETURN FLOW DOMINATES THE BASIN LATE
FRI WHILE THE NEXT FRONT CLIPS THE FAR NORTHERN WATERS SAT...THEN
HIGH PRES BUILDS ACROSS THE ENTIRE BASIN SUN.

...GALE WARNING N OF 28N...

.TONIGHT...S OF 28N...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...INCREASING TO 10 TO 15
KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. N OF 28N...VARIABLE WINDS LESS THAN 5 KT...
INCREASING TO 5 TO 10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.
.WED...S OF 28N...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. N OF 28N...SE WINDS 10 TO
15 KT...BECOMING S 15 TO 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT...
BUILDING TO 3 TO 5 FT IN THE AFTERNOON.
.WED NIGHT...S OF 28N...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING SW 15 TO
20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. N OF 28N...S WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...BECOMING SW
TO W 25 TO 35 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT...BUILDING TO 7 TO
11 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS.
.THU...SW TO W WINDS 20 TO 30 KT S OF 28N...AND W 25 TO 35 KT N
OF 28N. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT S OF 28N...AND 8 TO 12 FT N OF 28N. 
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS.
.THU NIGHT...S OF 28N...NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...DIMINISHING TO 10
TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. N OF 28N...NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT IN THE
EVENING. SEAS 5 TO 8 FT...SUBSIDING TO 4 TO 6 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT.
.FRI...W WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SAT...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SUN...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.