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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
952 AM EST MON FEB 17 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...1024 MB HIGH PRES OVER FLORIDA NEAR 29N82W EXTENDS A
RIDGE TO THE W CENTRAL GULF. RETURN FLOW ACROSS W PORTIONS WILL
STRENGTHEN THU AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT APPROACHING FROM THE NW. THE 
COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO ENTER THE TEXAS COASTAL WATERS LATE THU
NIGHT AND REACH FROM FL PANHANDLE TO W BAY OF CAMPECHE BY LATE
FRI WITH AT LEAST STRONG N TO NE FLOW EXPECTED BEHIND FRONT.

.TODAY...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.TONIGHT...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.
.TUE...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.TUE NIGHT...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.WED...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.THU...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.FRI...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...A COLD FRONT IS STALLING FROM 26N65W TO 21N75W WHERE
IT WILL LINGER AND GRADUALLY DISSIPATE THROUGH EARLY TUE. HIGH
PRES OVER THE CAROLINAS WILL SLIDE EASTWARD N OF 31N THROUGH THE
WEEK. A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL CLIP THE NORTHERN WATERS LATE WED
SHIFTING E OF THE AREA BY THU WITH ATLC RIDGING DOMINATING THE
BASIN FOR THE END OF THE WEEK.

.TODAY...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N...AND NE 5 TO 10 KT N OF
27N. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.
.TONIGHT...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT S OF 27N...AND SE 5 TO 10 KT N OF
27N. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT...BUILDING TO 3 TO 5 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
.TUE...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N...AND S 5 TO 10 KT N OF 27N.
SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.TUE NIGHT...S OF 27N...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...DIMINISHING TO 10 TO
15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. N OF 27N...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.
.WED...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.THU...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
.FRI...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.