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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1121 AM EDT FRI MAR 28 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 RIDGE EXTENDS FROM THE FLORIDA BIG BEND TO THE
TEXAS COASTAL PLAINS WITH FRESH TO LOCALLY STRONG RETURN FLOW
ACROSS THE GULF OF MEXICO. THE RIDGE WILL SHIFT SE TODAY
ALLOWING FOR A COLD FRONT TO MOVE INTO THE NW WATERS LATE
TONIGHT. THE FRONT WILL REACH FROM THE FLORIDA BIG BEND TO THE
YUCATAN PENINSULA LATE SAT...AND PASS SE OF THE AREA ON SUN
AFTERNOON. MODERATE SOUTHERLY RETURN FLOW WILL SET UP ACROSS THE
NW WATERS ON SUN NIGHT AND SPREAD EASTWARD WITH MODERATE TO
FRESH SE WINDS ACROSS THE ENTIRE GULF ON TUE. 

.THIS AFTERNOON...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. ISOLATED
SHOWERS.
.TONIGHT...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING SE TO S 10 TO 15 KT
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. ISOLATED SHOWERS.
.SAT...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT...SUBSIDING TO 3 TO
5 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. ISOLATED SHOWERS. 
.SAT NIGHT...SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING W 15 TO 20 KT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS
ALONG AND E OF FRONT.
.SUN...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.MON...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.TUE...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...A WEAKENING STATIONARY FRONT EXTENDING FROM 22N65W TO
A SHEAR LINE AT 21N68W AND SW TO ALONG THE N COAST OF HISPANIOLA
WILL DISSIPATE BY LATE TONIGHT. A RIDGE EXTENDING FROM NEAR
BERMUDA TO NE FLORIDA WILL SHIFT SE ACROSS THE BAHAMAS ON SAT
AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT MOVING OFF THE GEORGIA COAST ON SAT NIGHT.
THE FRONT WILL REACH FROM BERMUDA TO E CUBA ON SUN NIGHT...REACH
FROM 26N65W TO HISPANIOLA LATE MON...AND MOVE SE OF THE AREA LATE
TUE.   

.THIS AFTERNOON...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 8 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS.
.TONIGHT...SE TO S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT...SUBSIDING
TO 3 TO 5 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT.
.SAT...S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
ISOLATED TSTMS.
.SAT NIGHT...S OF 27N...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...DIMINISHING TO 5 TO
10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. N OF 27N...SW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6
FT...SUBSIDING TO 3 TO 5 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
TSTMS ALONG FRONT.
.SUN...NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.MON...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.TUE...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.