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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
512 AM EDT THU MAR 20 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 TODAY. WEAK HIGH PRES OVER THE NE
GULF WILL BE REINFORCING BY A STRONGER HIGH PRES MOVING E TOWARD
THE SE CONUS TODAY AND 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. 

.TODAY...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT...SUBSIDING TO 1 TO
2 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. 
.TONIGHT...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. 
.FRI...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. 
.FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT...BUILDING TO
2 TO 3 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
.SAT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.SUN...S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. 
.MON...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...A COLD FRONT EXTENDS FROM 27N65W TO THE CENTRAL BAHAMAS
NEAR 23N75W THEN BECOMES STATIONARY ACROSS THE NORTHERN COAST OF
WESTERN CUBA. A SECOND...WEAKER COLD FRONT WILL CLIP THE N PORTION
FRI AND MERGE WITH THE FIRST FRONT WHICH WILL DISSIPATE FROM
27N65W TO THE SOUTHERN BAHAMAS BY SAT. HIGH PRES MOVING E JUST N
OF THE AREA WILL DOMINATE THE REGION SAT AND SUN. A COLD FRONT
FROM THE N WILL MOVE INTO THE NW WATERS SUN NIGHT INTO
MON...STRETCHING FROM 31N65W TO 28N81W BY LATE MON.

.TODAY...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT...SUBSIDING TO 3 TO
5 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. 
.TONIGHT...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. 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 2 TO
4 FT. 
.SAT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.SUN...SW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.MON...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.