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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1048 AM EDT MON MAR 24 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...COLD FRONT FROM TAMPA BAY TO 27N87W THEN STATIONARY
TO 22N98W WILL STALL TONIGHT. A REINFORCING COLD FRONT WILL
ENTER THE GULF TONIGHT AND MOVE SE AND MERGE WITH THE STALLED
FRONT ACROSS SE PORTIONS TUE EVENING...WITH THE MERGED FRONTS
MOVING INTO NW CARIBBEAN EARLY WED. HIGH PRES WILL BUILD BEHIND
THE FRONT LATE TUE AND WED. TROUGHING WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE W
GULF FRI AS HIGH PRES MOVES NE OF THE AREA. 

.THIS AFTERNOON...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. ISOLATED
TSTMS. 
.TONIGHT...S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.TUE...W WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING NW 15 TO 20 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT...BUILDING TO 2 TO 3 FT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.TUE NIGHT...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT...BUILDING TO
4 TO 6 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
.WED...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.THU THROUGH FRI...SE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...COLD FRONT EXTENDS FROM 31N69W TO CENTRAL FLORIDA
WILL STALL THROUGH TUE. LOW PRES WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE FRONT
OVER NW PORTION OF THE AREA EARLY TUE AND STRENGTHEN AS IT MOVES
NE WITH GALE FORCE WINDS EXPECTED TUE AND TUE NIGHT ACROSS THE N
PORTION OF THE AREA. THE ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM
31N73W TO S FLORIDA TUE NIGHT AND FROM 25N65W TO THE WINDWARD
PASSAGE LATE WED AND MOVE E OF THE AREA THU. LARGE NW SWELL WILL
SPREAD S AND SE THROUGH REGIONAL WATERS WED THROUGH FRI. HIGH
PRES BEHIND THE FRONT WILL SHIFT NE OF THE AREA FRI.

.THIS AFTERNOON...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N...AND NE 15 TO
20 KT N OF 27N. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT...BUILDING TO 3 TO 5 FT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SCATTERED SHOWERS. 
.TONIGHT...S OF 27N...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING  SE AFTER
MIDNIGHT. N OF 27N...E 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. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.TUE NIGHT...S OF 27N...NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. N OF 27N...W WINDS
20 TO 25 KT...BECOMING NW 25 TO 30 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 4 TO
6 FT...BUILDING TO 6 TO 9 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.WED...N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. 
.THU THROUGH FRI...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.