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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1034 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 BY EARLY THIS
AFTERNOON. 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 AND FAR SW GULF WATERS THIS
EVENING...AND OVER THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN BAY OF CAMPECHE WATERS
MON. HIGH PRES WILL DEVELOP OVER THE CENTRAL GULF WATERS ON TUE
SHIFTING N OF THE AREA ON WED SETTING UP MODERATE EASTERLY FLOW
ON THU.

.THIS AFTERNOON...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 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...NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 8 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS.
.TUE...NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT IN SE SWELL. 
.WED...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT IN SW SWELL.
.THU...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...A DISSIPATING STATIONARY FRONT FROM 22N61W TO THE NE
COAST OF THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC WILL DISSIPATE LATER TODAY. A
RIDGE AXIS STRETCHING FROM BERMUDA TO CENTRAL FLORIDA WILL SHIFT
E TONIGHT. THE SOUTHERLY FLOW N OF THE 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 WILL STALL FROM 27N65W TO CENTRAL CUBA WED
NIGHT AND GRADUALLY DISSIPATE THROUGH THU. STRONG TO NEAR GALE
FORCE WINDS MAY OCCUR AHEAD OF AND BEHIND THE FRONT.

.THIS AFTERNOON...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 IN MIXED NE AND NW
SWELL.
.THU...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.