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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
505 AM EDT FRI MAR 14 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...SOUTHERLY RETURN FLOW WILL DEVELOP OVER THE NW GULF
TODAY...AND SPREAD E ACROSS THE ENTIRE GULF OF MEXICO BY LATE
TONIGHT. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE NW GULF WATERS SUN
MORNING...REACH FROM SE LOUISIANA TO THE CENTRAL BAY OF CAMPECHE
LATE SUN...FROM THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE TO THE EASTERN BAY OF
CAMPECHE SUN NIGHT...AND WILL LIKELY BE E OF AREA LATE MON.
STRONG TO GALE FORCE WINDS AND BUILDING SEAS MAY FOLLOW THE
FRONT ACROSS A LARGE AREA OF THE GULF WATERS LATE SUN AND MON.  

.TODAY...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT...SUBSIDING TO 3 TO
5 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. 
.TONIGHT...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SAT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT...SUBSIDING TO 2 TO
4 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. 
.SAT NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.SUN...S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.MON...SW WINDS 25 TO 30 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT. 
.TUE...NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...A COLD FRONT EXTENDING FROM 27N65W TO EASTERN CUBA
WILL WEAKEN FROM 24N65W TO THE WINDWARD PASSAGE TODAY...THEN
STALL  AND GRADUALLY DISSIPATE OVER THE FAR SE WATERS DURING THE
UPCOMING WEEKEND. HIGH PRESSURE IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT WILL
SHIFT E OFF THE CAROLINAS TODAY...AND PASS TO THE N OF BERMUDA ON
SAT WITH A RIDGE EXTENDING SW TO NE FLORIDA. EXPECT INCREASING
SOUTHERLY WINDS ACROSS THE NW WATERS ON SUN SPREADING EWD ACROSS
THE REST OF THE N WATERS ON MON. THE NEXT COLD FRONT WILL REACH
THE NW PART OF THE AREA LATE MON. GALE FORCE WINDS MAY OCCUR
AHEAD OF THE FRONT LATE MON INTO TUE.

.TODAY...S OF 27N...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. N OF 27N...NE WINDS
15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING E 10 TO 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 5 TO
7 FT...SUBSIDING TO 4 TO 6 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. 
.TONIGHT...S OF 27N...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...DIMINISHING TO 10 TO
15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. N OF 27N...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO
6 FT...SUBSIDING TO 3 TO 5 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
.SAT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N...AND SE 5 TO 10 KT N OF 27N.
SEAS 3 TO 5 FT...SUBSIDING TO 2 TO 3 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. 
.SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N...AND SE 5 TO 10 KT N
OF 27N. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.SUN...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.MON...S WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.TUE...NW WINDS 25 TO 30 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT.