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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1131 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...STRONG HIGH PRES ACROSS THE GULF WILL SHIFT E OF THE
AREA BY FRI ALLOWING FOR SOUTHERLY RETURN FLOW TO SET UP ACROSS
THE FORECAST WATERS. A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL ENTER THE NW GULF
EARLY ON SAT. THE COLD FRONT WILL REACH FROM NEAR APALACHICOLA
FLORIDA TO THE YUCATAN PENINSULA LATE SAT...AND MOVE SE OF THE
GULF LATE SUN AS HIGH PRES BUILDS ACROSS THE AREA IN ITS WAKE. 

.THIS AFTERNOON...NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 8 FT.
.TONIGHT...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.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...A COLD FRONT FROM NEAR 31N65W SW TO 27N71W TO 25N80W
WILL BEGIN TO WEAKEN AS IT REACHES FROM NEAR 24N65W TO CENTRAL
CUBA BY THIS EVENING...AND TO THE FAR SE WATERS LATE TONIGHT INTO
EARLY THU. THE FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO WEAKEN THROUGH FRI. STRONG
HIGH PRES BEHIND THE FRONT WILL MOVE EASTWARD THROUGH LATE FRI AND
WEAKEN. LARGE SWELLS ACROSS MUCH OF THE WATERS WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE
THROUGH THE PERIOD. A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE SE U.S. ON
SAT AND EMERGE OVER THE NW WATERS SAT NIGHT INTO SUN.

.THIS AFTERNOON...N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT S OF 27N...AND N 25 TO
30 KT N OF 27N. N OF 27N...SEAS 8 TO 12 FT W OF 79W...AND 12 TO
17 FT E OF 79W. S OF 27N...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. N OF 27N...
SEAS 6 TO 8 FT N OF 29N W OF 79W...AND 8 TO 13 FT IN NW SWELL
ELSEWHERE. S OF 27N...SEAS 6 TO 9 FT IN NW SWELL ATLC EXPOSURES...AND
4 TO 6 FT ELSEWHERE.SEAS 6 TO 8 FT...SUBSIDING TO 5 TO 7 FT AFTER
MIDNIGHT.
.THU...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT N OF 27N...AND E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT S OF
27N. N OF 27N...SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. S OF 27N...SEAS 6 TO 9 FT ATLC
EXPOSURES...AND 4 TO 6 FT ELSEWHERE. .
.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.