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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
459 AM EDT SUN MAR 16 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 IS INCREASING IN ADVANCE OF A
COLD FRONT EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE NW WATERS THIS MORNING. THE
FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM THE MISSISSIPPI DELTA TO THE CENTRAL BAY
OF CAMPECHE THIS EVENING...FROM TAMPA BAY TO THE YUCATAN CHANNEL
MON EVENING...AND MOVE E THROUGH THE FLORIDA STRAITS ON TUE.
NORTHERLY WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT WILL REACH MINIMAL GALE FORCE
OVER THE W CENTRAL WATERS THIS EVENING...AND OVER THE SW GULF
WATERS TONIGHT INTO MON. HIGH PRES WILL DEVELOP OVER THE CENTRAL
GULF WATERS ON TUE AND SHIFT N OF THE AREA ON WED SETTING UP
MODERATE EASTERLY FLOW ON THU. 

.TODAY...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT...BUILDING TO 4 TO
6 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. 
.TONIGHT...S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.MON...S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT...BUILDING TO 5 TO
7 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.MON NIGHT...W WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.TUE...NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.WED...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.THU...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 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 DISSIPATE OVER THE FAR SE WATERS LATE
TODAY. A RIDGE WITH AXIS STRETCHING FROM BERMUDA TO CENTRAL
FLORIDA WILL SHIFT E TONIGHT. THE SOUTHERLY FLOW N OF RIDGE WILL
INCREASE LATE TODAY IN ADVANCE OF A COLD FRONT MOVING OFF THE SE
UNITED STATES COAST MON EVENING. THE FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM
31N71W TO CENTRAL CUBA TUE NIGHT...THEN STALL FROM 27N65W TO
CENTRAL CUBA WED NIGHT AND GRADUALLY DISSIPATE THROUGH EARLY FRI.
STRONG TO NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS MAY OCCUR AHEAD AND BEHIND THE
FRONT.

.TODAY...S OF 27N...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. N OF 27N...SE WINDS
10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING S 15 TO 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 TO
4 FT...BUILDING TO 3 TO 5 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. 
.TONIGHT...S OF 27N...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...INCREASING TO 15 TO
20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. N OF 27N...S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...INCREASING
TO 20 TO 25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.MON...S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT S OF 27N...AND S 20 TO 25 KT N OF 27N.
SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.MON NIGHT...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N...AND SW 15 TO 20 KT N
OF 27N. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT...SUBSIDING TO 3 TO 5 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
.TUE...W WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.WED...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.THU...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.