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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
507 PM 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 OVER THE SE CONUS EXTENDS A RIDGE
ACROSS THE FORECAST WATERS PRODUCING FRESH TO STRONG WINDS. THE
HIGH PRES WILL SHIFT E ALLOWING FOR SOUTHERLY RETURN FLOW TO SET
UP ACROSS THE WESTERN GULF BY THU AND SPREADING EASTWARD ACROSS
THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA BY FRI. 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 AGAIN ACROSS
THE AREA. 

.TONIGHT...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.THU...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT...BUILDING TO 5 TO
7 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. 
.THU NIGHT...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...INCREASING TO 20 TO 25 KT
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT...BUILDING TO 5 TO 7 FT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. 
.FRI...SE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...DIMINISHING TO 15 TO 20 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.FRI NIGHT...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KT
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT...SUBSIDING TO 3 TO 5 FT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.SAT...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.SUN...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.MON...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...A COLD FRONT EXTENDING FROM 28N65W TO EASTERN CUBA
NEAR 21N77W WILL BEGIN TO WEAKEN AS IT REACHES 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.

.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 6 TO
8 FT...SUBSIDING TO 5 TO 7 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
.THU...S OF 27N...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. N OF 27N...E WINDS 10 TO
15 KT...INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 TO
6 FT. 
.THU NIGHT...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.FRI...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.FRI NIGHT...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.
.SAT...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SUN...NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.MON...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.