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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1120 AM EDT SAT MAR 15 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 ACROSS THE ENTIRE GULF WILL
INCREASE TONIGHT IN ADVANCE OF A COLD FRONT MOVING INTO THE
NORTHERN WATERS SUN AFTERNOON. THE FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM THE
MISSISSIPPI DELTA TO THE CENTRAL BAY OF CAMPECHE SUN EVENING...
FROM TAMPA BAY TO THE YUCATAN CHANNEL MON EVENING...MOVING E OF
THE AREA BY TUE MORNING. GALE FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED IN THE
CENTRAL...W CENTRAL...AND SW GULF ZONES BEHIND THE FRONT WITH SEAS
BUILDING TO UP TO 14 FT. WINDS AND SEAS WILL START TO DIMINISH
FROM W TO E ACROSS THE BASIN MON NIGHT INTO TUE. HIGH PRES SETTLES
OVER THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY LATE TUE INTO WED.

.THIS AFTERNOON...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.TONIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.SUN...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SUN NIGHT...S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.MON...SW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.TUE...NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT IN SW SWELL. 
.WED...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...A STATIONARY FRONT EXTENDING FROM 21N65W TO NEAR THE
N COAST OF HISPANIOLA WILL GRADUALLY DISSIPATE THIS WEEKEND. A
RIDGE WILL DEVELOP FROM BERMUDA TO CENTRAL FLORIDA TODAY. THE
SOUTHERLY FLOW N OF RIDGE WILL INCREASE ON SUN IN ADVANCE OF A
COLD FRONT MOVING OFF THE SE UNITED STATES COAST ON LATE MON. 
THIS FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM BERMUDA TO CENTRAL CUBA TUE NIGHT...
THEN WILL STALL AND GRADUALLY WEAKEN. REMNANTS OF THE FRONT WILL
LIFT N ON WED.

.THIS AFTERNOON...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N...AND S 5 TO 10 KT N
OF 27N. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
.TONIGHT...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...S OF 27N...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. N OF 27N...SE WINDS 10 TO
15 KT...INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.
.SUN NIGHT...S OF 27N...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. N OF 27N...S WINDS
15 TO 20 KT...INCREASING TO 20 TO 25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 TO
5 FT...BUILDING TO 4 TO 7 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT.
.MON...S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.TUE...W WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.WED...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT IN N TO NE SWELL.