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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
514 AM EDT THU MAR 27 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 1029 MB HIGH PRES CENTERED OVER THE MID ATLANTIC
STATES WILL DOMINATE THE REGION THROUGH TONIGHT TO PRODUCE FRESH
TO STRONG WINDS. THE HIGH WILL SHIFT E ALLOWING FOR SOUTHERLY
RETURN FLOW TO SET UP ACROSS THE WESTERN GULF TODAY AND SPREAD
EASTWARD ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA BY FRI. A WEAK COLD
FRONT WILL ENTER THE NW GULF FRI NIGHT INTO SAT REACHING FROM
THE FLORIDA BIG BEND TO THE YUCATAN PENINSULA LATE SAT...AND
MOVE INTO FAR SE PORTIONS LATE SUN. 

.TODAY...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. SLIGHT CHANCE OF
SHOWERS. 
.TONIGHT...SE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. SLIGHT CHANCE OF
TSTMS. 
.FRI...SE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT...SUBSIDING TO 5 TO
7 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. 
.FRI NIGHT...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT...SUBSIDING TO
3 TO 5 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.SAT...SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.SUN...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.MON...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...A COLD FRONT EXTENDING FROM 22N65W TO THE NW COAST OF
HAITI AND THROUGH WINDWARD PASSAGE WILL WEAKEN AS IT BECOMES MORE
E TO W ALIGNED THROUGH TONIGHT...THEN BEGIN TO DRIFT N AND
DISSIPATE FRI. STRONG HIGH PRES BEHIND THE FRONT WILL MOVE
EASTWARD THROUGH LATE FRI AND WEAKEN. LARGE NW TO N SWELL
DOMINATING MUCH OF THE REGIONAL WATERS WILL MOVE S AND SE TODAY
AND ENTER SE WATERS TONIGHT...THEN SLOWLY SUBSIDE FROM W TO E FRI
THROUGH SUN. A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL EMERGE OVER THE NW WATERS SAT
NIGHT INTO SUN AND EXTEND FROM 31N73W TO FLORIDA KEYS LATE MON.

.TODAY...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. 
.TONIGHT...E 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.