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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
508 PM 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 COLD FRONT EXTENDING FROM TAMPA BAY TO THE YUCATAN
CHANNEL EARLY TONIGHT WILL MOVE E THROUGH THE FLORIDA STRAITS ON
TUE. POST FRONTAL HIGH PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP OVER THE CENTRAL
GULF WATERS ON TUE AND SHIFT E OF AREA ON WED SETTING UP MODERATE
E TO SE FLOW ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH FRI. A RIDGE WILL EXTEND NW
FROM CENTRAL FLORIDA TO NE TEXAS LATE FRI WITH HIGH PRESSURE
FORMING ALONG THE RIDGE NEAR 28N85W ON SAT NIGHT.

.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 3 TO 5 FT...SUBSIDING TO 2 TO
4 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. 
.WED NIGHT...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.THU...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. 
.FRI...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.SAT...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...LOW PRES WILL MOVE OFF THE NE FLORIDA COAST EARLY
TONIGHT AND RACE NE OF THE AREA LATE TONIGHT DRAGGING A COLD
FRONT OFF THE FLORIDA COAST. THE COLD FRONT WILL REACH FROM
31N74W TO THE CAY SAL BANK ON TUE. THE SOUTHERN SEGMENT OF THE
FRONT WILL STALL FROM THE CENTRAL BAHAMAS TO N CENTRAL CUBA ON TUE
NIGHT AND MEANDER THROUGH THU. A SECOND COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO
THE WATERS N OF THE BAHAMAS ON THU AND OVERTAKE REMNANTS OF THE
FRONTAL TROUGH ON THU NIGHT...WITH THE MERGED BOUNDARY
DISSIPATING ACROSS THE SE BAHAMAS ON FRI. A RIDGE WILL DEVELOP
FROM BERMUDA TO CENTRAL FLORIDA ON SAT.
  

.TONIGHT...S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.TUE...SW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT S OF 27N...AND W 20 TO 25 KT N OF
27N. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.TUE NIGHT...NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING NE 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. 
.WED NIGHT...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. 
.SAT...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.