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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
533 AM EDT WED MAR 26 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 MOVING SE ACROSS BASIN HAS BEGUN TO STALL
ACROSS N YUCATAN PENINSULA AND INTO CENTRAL BAY OF CAMPECHE.
STRONG HIGH PRES BUILDING ACROSS THE GULF BEHIND THE FRONT WILL
PRODUCE FRESH TO STRONG WINDS ACROSS MOST OF THE GULF WATERS
TODAY. SOUTHERLY RETURN FLOW WILL SET UP ACROSS THE WESTERN GULF
BY THU AND SPREAD EASTWARD ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA BY
FRI. A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL MOVE QUICKLY ACROSS THE NORTHERN
GULF LATE FRI AND SAT. 

.TODAY...NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT...SUBSIDING TO
6 TO 8 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. 
.TONIGHT...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT...SUBSIDING TO
4 TO 6 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
.THU...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.THU NIGHT...SE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.FRI...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.SAT...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.SUN...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...LOW PRES DEEPENING RAPIDLY ACROSS NW ATLC THIS
MORNING WILL SHIFT NE AND STRENGTHEN CONSIDERABLY THROUGH
TONIGHT. ASSOCIATED GALES EXTEND S INTO N PORTIONS OF LOCAL
WATERS THIS MORNING AND WILL SPREAD E AND SE THIS MORNING BEFORE
LIFTING NE AND OUT OF AREA THIS EVENING. ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT
FROM JUST E OF BERMUDA THROUGH CENTRAL BAHAMAS TO CENTRAL CUBA
THIS MORNING WILL MOVE SE AND REACH FROM 21N65W TO THE WINDWARD
PASSAGE LATE THU...WHERE IT WILL STALL...THEN GRADUALLY WEAKEN AS
IT DRIFTS N FRI. HIGH PRES BEHIND THE FRONT WILL MOVE
EASTWARD...AND PASS N OF AREA THU AND FRI TO PRODUCE FRESH TO
STRONG WINDS N OF FRONT. A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE SE
U.S. ON SAT AND MOVE ACROSS THE NW WATERS SAT NIGHT INTO SUN.

...GALE WARNING...

.TODAY...S OF 27N...N WINDS 25 TO 30 KT WITH GUSTS TO GALE FORCE
OUTER WATERS...DIMINISHING TO 20 TO 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. N OF
27N...N WINDS 25 TO 30 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT.
.TONIGHT...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 5 TO
7 FT. 
.THU...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.THU NIGHT...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT...BUILDING TO
5 TO 7 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
.FRI...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.SAT...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SUN...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.