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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
359 AM EST TUE FEB 18 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 WEAK RIDGE WILL PREVAIL OVER NORTHERN GULF THROUGH
THU. A COLD FRONT WILL REACH THE TEXAS COAST LATE THU NIGHT AND
CONTINUE SE FRI...EXTENDING FROM FL PANHANDLE TO CENTRAL MEXICO
MIDDAY FRI...THEN STALL FROM FLORIDA BIG BEND TO W BAY OF
CAMPECHE EARLY SAT. STRONG N TO NE WINDS EXPECTED ACROSS NW
WATERS FRI MORNING SPILLING SOUTHWARD ALONG COAST OF MEXICO FRI
AFTERNOON. 

.TODAY...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.TONIGHT...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT...BUILDING TO 2 TO
4 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
.WED...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.WED NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.THU...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.FRI...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.SAT...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...WEAKENING STATIONARY FRONT FROM 25N65W TO E CUBA WILL
WEAKEN THROUGH TONIGHT THEN BEGIN TO DRIFT NW AND DISSIPATE WED.
HIGH PRES N OF THE AREA WILL SHIFT EASTWARD THROUGH WED. A WEAK
COLD FRONT WILL CLIP NORTHERN WATERS LATE WED AND MOVE E OF THE
AREA THU...FOLLOWED BY ATLC RIDGING DOMINATING THE REGION THROUGH
SAT.

.TODAY...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N...AND S 5 TO 10 KT N OF
27N. SEAS 2 TO 3 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. 
.WED...S OF 27N...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. N OF 27N...S WINDS 10 TO
15 KT...DIMINISHING TO 5 TO 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 TO
4 FT. 
.WED NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N...AND SE 5 TO 10 KT N
OF 27N. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.THU...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.FRI...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SAT...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.