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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1047 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...STRONG COLD FRONT EXTENDS FROM THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE
TO THE CENTRAL BAY OF CAMPECHE WILL EXTEND FROM TAMPA BAY TO THE
YUCATAN CHANNEL LATER TODAY...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. 

.THIS AFTERNOON...SW 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 THROUGH THU...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.FRI...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...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 EVENING REACHING A POSITION NEAR 29N82W LATER
TODAY...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 THEN WILL STALL FROM 27N65W TO CENTRAL CUBA WED THEN
GRADUALLY DISSIPATE THROUGH THU. A SECOND COLD FRONT WILL CLIP
THE NW WATERS BY THU.

.THIS AFTERNOON...S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT S OF 27N...AND SW 20 TO
25 KT N OF 27N. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.TONIGHT...S OF 27N...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...INCREASING TO 15 TO
20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. N OF 27N...SW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. 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 THROUGH THU...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.FRI...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.