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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
446 AM EDT WED MAR 12 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...TROUGH OVER THE CENTRAL GULF WILL MOVE E AHEAD OF A
COLD FRONT ENTERING THE NW GULF LATER THIS MORNING. THE COLD
FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM THE FLORIDA BIG BEND TO THE BAY OF
CAMPECHE LATE TODAY AND PASS S OF THE GULF ON TONIGHT. SOUTHERLY
RETURN WILL DEVELOP OVER THE NW GULF THU NIGHT AND SPREAD E
ACROSS THE ENTIRE GULF ON FRI. A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO
THE NW GULF FRI NIGHT AND EXTEND FROM THE MISSISSIPPI DELTA TO
NE MEXICO ON SAT AND DISSIPATE OVER THE E CENTRAL GULF ON SUN. 

.TODAY...SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT...BUILDING TO 2 TO
4 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. 
.TONIGHT...W WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING NW 20 TO 25 KT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT...BUILDING TO 4 TO 6 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
.THU...N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.THU NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.FRI...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.SAT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SUN...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL INCREASE N OF THE BAHAMAS IN
ADVANCE OF A STRONG COLD FRONT MOVING OFF THE SE UNITED STATES
COAST ON TONIGHT. THE COLD FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM BERMUDA TO E
CUBA LATE THU AND STALL AND WEAKEN FROM 24N65W TO HISPANIOLA ON
FRI. A RIDGE WILL EXTEND FROM BERMUDA TO CENTRAL FLORIDA ON SAT
THEN MOVE E OF THE AREA ON SUN.

...GALE WARNING...

.TODAY...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N...AND SW 15 TO 20 KT N OF
27N. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT...BUILDING TO 3 TO 5 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. 
.TONIGHT...S OF 27N...SW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. N OF 27N...SW WINDS
20 TO 25 KT...BECOMING W 25 TO 30 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 TO
5 FT...BUILDING TO 4 TO 6 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
.THU...S OF 27N...NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. N OF 27N...NW WINDS
25 TO 30 KT...DIMINISHING TO 20 TO 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS
5 TO 7 FT. 
.THU NIGHT...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.FRI...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SAT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.SUN...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.