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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
515 PM EDT WED MAR 19 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...STATIONARY FRONTS OVER THE SE GULF AND ALONG THE
TEXAS COAST WILL DISSIPATE TONIGHT. HIGH PRES WILL SHIFT FROM NW
OF THE AREA TO NE OF THE AREA THU THROUGH FRI. RIDGING OVER THE
GULF WILL WEAKEN ON SAT AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT EXPECTED TO ENTER
THE NW GULF LATE SUN. THE FRONT WILL STRETCH FROM TAMPA BAY TO
NE MEXICO NEAR 24N98W BY LATE MON. 

.TONIGHT...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.THU...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT...SUBSIDING TO 1 TO
2 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. 
.THU NIGHT...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. 
.FRI...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. 
.FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.SAT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.SUN...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. 
.MON...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 FT OR LESS.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...A COLD FRONT EXTENDS FROM 28N65W TO CUBA NEAR 23N80W.
NORTHERLY SWELL IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT HAS BUILT SEAS TO 12 FT
IN THE NE PORTION. THE FRONT WILL REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY UNTIL
FRI WHEN A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL CLIP THE N PORTION AND MERGE WITH
THIS FRONT WHICH WILL DISSIPATE FROM 27N TO THE WINDWARD PASSAGE
BY SAT. SE WINDS WILL INCREASE OVER NW WATERS SAT IN ADVANCE OF
ANOTHER COLD FRONT THAT WILL SLOWLY MOVE INTO THE AREA BY
MON...STRETCHING FROM 31N63W TO 29N81W BY LATE MON.

.TONIGHT...S OF 27N...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. N OF 27N...N WINDS
5 TO 10 KT...DIMINISHING TO LESS THAN 5 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS
3 TO 5 FT...BUILDING TO 4 TO 6 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
.THU...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT...SUBSIDING TO 3 TO
5 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. 
.THU NIGHT...S OF 27N...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. N OF 27N...N WINDS
LESS THAN 5 KT...INCREASING TO 5 TO 10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS
3 TO 5 FT. 
.FRI...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N...AND NE 5 TO 10 KT N OF
27N. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT...SUBSIDING TO 2 TO 4 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. 
.FRI NIGHT...S OF 27N...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. N OF 27N...E WINDS
5 TO 10 KT...INCREASING TO 10 TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 TO
5 FT. 
.SAT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.SUN...NW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.MON...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.