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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1038 PM 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...A STATIONARY FRONT LIES FROM TAMPA BAY TO 1009 MB
LOW PRES NEAR 27N87W THEN COLD FRONT THROUGH 23N94W TO 20N96W. A
REINFORCING COLD FRONT WILL ENTER THE GULF LATE TONIGHT...MOVE
SE AND MERGE WITH THE FIRST FRONT ACROSS SE PORTIONS TUE. THE
MERGED FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE NW CARIBBEAN EARLY WED. HIGH
PRES WILL BUILD BEHIND THE FRONT LATE TUE AND WED AND SHIFT NE
OF AREA THU. TROUGHING WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE W GULF FRI AS
HIGH PRES MOVES NE OF THE AREA. A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL MOVE
QUICKLY ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF LATE FRI AND SAT. 

.OVERNIGHT...S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. SCATTERED 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 4 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 6 TO 8 FT...SUBSIDING TO 5 TO
7 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. 
.WED NIGHT...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.THU...SE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.FRI...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.SAT...S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...A COLD FRONT FROM 30N65W TO HOBE SOUND WILL STALL
OVERNIGHT. 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 MIDDAY TUE THROUGH MIDDAY WED ACROSS THE N
PORTION OF THE AREA. THE ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM
31N73W TO S FLORIDA TUE NIGHT AND FROM 28N65W TO THE WINDWARD
PASSAGE WED NIGHT 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. A WEAK COLD
FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS NW WATERS SAT.

...GALE WARNING...
...GALE CONDITIONS EXPECTED...

.OVERNIGHT...S OF 27N...E WINDS LESS THAN 5 KT...BECOMING SE
AFTER MIDNIGHT. N OF 27N...SE WINDS 20 TO 25 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 35 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 5 TO
7 FT...BUILDING TO 6 TO 9 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
.WED...S OF 27N...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. N OF 27N...NW WINDS 25 TO
35 KT...BECOMING N 20 TO 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. 
.WED NIGHT...S OF 27N...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. N OF 27N...N WINDS
15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING NE 10 TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 6 TO
8 FT...SUBSIDING TO 5 TO 7 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
.THU...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.FRI...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.SAT...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.