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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
510 AM EDT SUN MAR 23 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 WEAK RIDGE ACROSS THE N GULF WILL SINK SE AND
WEAKEN TODAY IN ADVANCE OF A COLD FRONT EXPECTED TO MOVE ENTER
THE NW GULF MIDDAY AND STRETCH FROM APALACHICOLA FLORIDA TO
BROWNSVILLE TEXAS THIS EVENING...THEN FROM TAMPA BAY TO NE
MEXICO NEAR 25N98W BY MON EVENING WHERE IT WILL STALL. A
REINFORCING FRONT ENTERS THE GULF AND MERGES WITH THE STALLED
FRONT BY TUE...WITH THE MERGED FRONT PASSING SE OF THE GULF TUE
NIGHT. HIGH PRES WILL BUILD BEHIND THE FRONT LATE TUE AND WED TO
PRODUCE FRESH TO STRONG WINDS AND BUILDING SEAS. RETURN FLOW
EXPECTED THU. 

.TODAY...S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 FT OR LESS. 
.TONIGHT...NW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 FT OR LESS. 
.MON...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.MON NIGHT...S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.TUE...NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.WED...NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.THU...E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...FRESH S TO SE WINDS OCCURRING E OF TROUGH OVER NW
WATERS WILL SHIFT NE OUT OF AREA THIS AFTERNOON...IN ADVANCE OF A
COLD FRONT EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO NW WATERS TONIGHT. THIS FRONT
EXPECTED TO REACH FROM BERMUDA TO NW BAHAMAS TO CENTRAL FLORIDA
MON MORNING...THEN STALL FROM 26N65W TO CENTRAL FLORIDA MON
EVENING. LOW PRES WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE FRONT OVER NW WATERS
EARLY TUE AND DEEPEN RAPIDLY AS IT MOVES NE ACROSS THE W ATLC TUE
AND WED...WITH GALES EXPECTED ACROSS N WATERS. THE ASSOCIATED
COLD FRONT WILL REACH FROM 31N73W TO S FLORIDA TUE EVENING AND
FROM 25N65W TO CENTRAL CUBA WED EVENING...BEFORE LAYING DOWN E TO
W ALONG 22N-23N AND WEAKENING THU.

.TODAY...S OF 27N...SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING W 5 TO 10 KT
IN THE AFTERNOON. N OF 27N...W WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...DIMINISHING TO
10 TO 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT...SUBSIDING TO 2 TO
3 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. 
.TONIGHT...NW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT S OF 27N...AND W 10 TO 15 KT N OF
27N. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.MON...N WINDS 5 TO 10 KT S OF 27N...AND N 15 TO 20 KT N OF 27N.
SEAS 2 TO 3 FT...BUILDING TO 2 TO 4 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE
OF SHOWERS. 
.MON NIGHT...S OF 27N...E WINDS LESS THAN 5 KT... BECOMING SE
10 TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. N OF 27N...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT.
SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.TUE...W WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.WED...N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. 
.THU...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.