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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
516 PM 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 DOMINATES THE GULF WATERS WITH FRESH TO
LOCALLY STRONG RETURN FLOW ACROSS THE REGION. THE RIDGE WILL
SHIFT SE LATE 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. 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. 

.TONIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.SAT...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT...SUBSIDING TO 3 TO
5 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.SAT NIGHT...SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING NW 15 TO 20 KT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.SUN...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.SUN NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.
.MON...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.TUE...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.WED...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 ACROSS THE SE
WATERS 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...FROM 26N65W TO HISPANIOLA LATE MON...AND MOVE SE OF THE
AREA LATE TUE.

.TONIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N...AND SE 15 TO 20 KT N
OF 27N. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.SAT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N...AND S 15 TO 20 KT N OF
27N. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. SCATTERED 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 10 TO 15 KT...
INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.SUN...W WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N...AND NW 20 TO 25 KT N OF
27N. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT...BUILDING TO 4 TO 6 FT IN THE AFTERNOON.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.SUN NIGHT...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N...AND N 15 TO 20 KT N
OF 27N. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.MON...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.TUE...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.WED...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.