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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1118 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...HIGH PRES ALONG EASTERN SEABOARD EXTENDS SW INTO
CENTRAL GULF THIS MORNING IN WAKE OF COLD FRONT NOW ACROSS NW
CARIBBEAN. SOUTHERLY RETURN FLOW WILL DEVELOP OVER THE NW GULF
TODAY...AND SPREAD E ACROSS THE ENTIRE GULF OF MEXICO BY LATE
TONIGHT AS HIGH PRES SHIFTS E. 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. GALE FORCE WINDS AND BUILDING SEAS EXPECTED
BEHIND THE FRONT ACROSS A LARGE PORTION OF THE W GULF WATERS
LATE SUN AND MON. 

.THIS AFTERNOON...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.TONIGHT...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 2 TO 4 FT...SUBSIDING TO 2 TO
3 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 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT. 
.TUE...NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...A COLD FRONT EXTENDING FROM 24N65W TO SE COAST OF
CUBA WILL DRIFT SE AND WEAKEN THROUGH THE WEEKEND...AND REACH
FROM 22N65W TO WINDWARD PASSAGE BY SAT MORNING...THEN STALL AND
GRADUALLY DISSIPATE ALONG 20N-21N THROUGH SUN. HIGH PRESSURE IN
THE WAKE OF THE FRONT WILL SHIFT E OFF THE CAROLINA COASTS
TODAY...AND PASS TO THE N OF BERMUDA ON SAT WITH A RIDGE
EXTENDING SW TO NE FLORIDA. LARGE NW TO N SWELL WILL SPREAD
SOUTHEASTWARD ACROSS WATERS BEHIND FRONT THROUGH TONIGHT AND MOVE
INTO SE WATERS TONIGHT. 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.

.THIS AFTERNOON...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT...
SUBSIDING TO 4 TO 6 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. 
.TONIGHT...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT S OF 27N...AND SE 10 TO 15 KT N OF
27N. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SAT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N...AND SE 5 TO 10 KT N OF 27N.
SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...S OF 27N...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. N OF 27N...SE WINDS
5 TO 10 KT...INCREASING TO 10 TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO
4 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 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT.