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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
457 AM EDT MON MAR 17 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...A STRONG COLD FRONT EXTENDING FROM THE MISSISSIPPI
DELTA TO THE CENTRAL BAY OF CAMPECHE WILL REACH FROM TAMPA BAY
TO THE YUCATAN CHANNEL THIS EVENING...MOVING E THROUGH THE
STRAITS OF FLORIDA LATE TONIGHT INTO TUE. MINIMAL GALE FORCE
WINDS WILL PERSIST BEHIND THE FRONT THROUGH LATE TODAY. HIGH
PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP OVER THE CENTRAL GULF WATERS ON TUE. THE
HIGH WILL SHIFT NE OF THE AREA ON WED SETTING UP MODERATE
EASTERLY FLOW ON THU AND FRI. 

.TODAY...S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.TONIGHT...W WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.TUE...NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.TUE NIGHT...N WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT...SUBSIDING TO
4 TO 6 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
.WED...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.THU...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.FRI...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...A RIDGE WITH AXIS FROM 29N65W TO SOUTH FLORIDA
DOMINATES THE REGION. STRONG SOUTHERLY FLOW N OF THE RIDGE WILL
CONTINUE AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT MOVING OFF THE SE UNITED STATES
COAST TONIGHT. A LOW PRES WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY
OVER N FLORIDA THIS AFTERNOON REACHING A POSITION NEAR 29N82W
THIS EVENING...THEN NEAR 31N77W TUE MORNING WITH THE ASSOCIATED
COLD FRONT STRETCHING FROM THE LOW CENTER TO SE FLORIDA AND THE
STRAITS OF FLORIDA. THE FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM 31N71W TO CENTRAL
CUBA TUE EVENING...THEN WILL STALL FROM 27N65W TO CENTRAL CUBA
WED EVENING...GRADUALLY DISSIPATING THROUGH THU. A SECOND COLD
FRONT WILL CLIP THE NW WATERS BY THU.

.TODAY...S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT S OF 27N...AND S 20 TO 25 KT N OF
27N. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.TONIGHT...S OF 27N...S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. N OF 27N...SW WINDS
20 TO 25 KT...DIMINISHING TO 15 TO 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS
4 TO 6 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.TUE...SW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT S OF 27N...AND W 20 TO 25 KT N OF
27N. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT...BUILDING TO 5 TO 7 FT IN THE AFTERNOON.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.TUE NIGHT...NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING N 5 TO 10 KT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT...SUBSIDING TO 3 TO 5 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT.
.WED...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.THU...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.FRI...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.