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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1126 AM EDT THU MAR 13 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...COLD FRONT EXTENDING FROM SW FLORIDA NEAR NAPLES TO
CENTRAL BAY OF CAMPECHE WILL MOVE SE THROUGH TONIGHT AND BECOME
NEARLY STATIONARY ACROSS CUBA AND YUCATAN CHANNEL FRI THROUGH
SAT BEFORE DISSIPATING. SOUTHERLY RETURN FLOW WILL DEVELOP OVER
THE NW GULF TONIGHT...AND SPREAD E ACROSS THE ENTIRE GULF BY
LATE FRI NIGHT. A SECOND WEAKER COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE NW
WATERS LATE SAT NIGHT...REACH FROM THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE TO THE
YUCATAN PENINSULA LATE SUN...AND MOVE SLOWLY ACROSS THE SE GULF
ON MON. 

.THIS AFTERNOON...N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT...BUILDING
TO 6 TO 8 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. 
.TONIGHT...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT...SUBSIDING TO
6 TO 8 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
.FRI...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT...SUBSIDING TO 4 TO
6 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. 
.FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT...SUBSIDING TO
3 TO 5 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
.SAT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SUN...S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.MON...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...COLD FRONT EXTENDS FROM 31N71W TO S FLORIDA AND INTO
SE GULF OF MEXICO THIS MORNING...WITH OLD FRONTAL TROUGH ABOUT
120 NM TO THE SE WITH ACTIVE TSTMS OCCURRING ALONG IT. THE COLD
FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SE AND REACH FROM BERMUDA TO NW CUBA
THIS EVENING THEN GRADUALLY OVERTAKE THE FRONTAL TROUGH
TONIGHT...WITH MERGED BOUNDARY EXTENDING FROM 25N65W TO E CUBA
NEAR 21N77W FRI MORNING...THEN GRADUALLY DISSIPATE ACROSS SE
WATERS ALONG 21N-22N THROUGH SAT. HIGH PRESSURE BEHIND FRONT WILL
SHIFT E OFF THE CAROLINAS ON FRI...PASSING NEAR BERMUDA ON SAT
WITH A RIDGE EXTENDING SW TO NE FLORIDA. THE RIDGE WILL WEAKEN
LATE SUN ALLOWING A SECOND COLD FRONT TO MOVE OFF THE GEORGIA
COAST LATE SUN NIGHT REACHING FROM BERMUDA TO CENTRAL CUBA AROUND
SUNRISE TUE.

...GALE WARNING E OF FRONT...

.THIS AFTERNOON...S OF 27N...NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT... INCREASING
TO 20 TO 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. N OF 27N...NW WINDS 25 TO
30 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.TONIGHT...S OF 27N...N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...BECOMING NE 15 TO
20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. N OF 27N...N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO
7 FT...BUILDING TO 6 TO 8 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
.FRI...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT...SUBSIDING TO 4 TO
6 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. 
.FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT S OF 27N...AND SE 10 TO 15 KT N
OF 27N. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT...SUBSIDING TO 3 TO 5 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
.SAT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.SUN...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.MON...SW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.