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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1023 AM EDT THU APR 3 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...ATLANTIC RIDGE EXTENDS FROM SW N ATLANTIC W ALONG
30N ACROSS FLORIDA AND N GULF COASTS WILL CONTINUE TO PROMOTE
MODERATE TO LOCALLY STRONG RETURN FLOW THROUGH TONIGHT. A WEAK
COLD FRONT WILL ENTER THE TEXAS COASTAL WATERS BY EARLY
FRI...STALL FROM THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE TO JUST S OF
BROWNSVILLE TEXAS FRI NIGHT...THEN MOVE BACK NW AS A WARM FRONT
SAT INTO EARLY SUN...THEN SHIFT E AS A COLD FRONT LATE SUN
THROUGH MON. 

.THIS AFTERNOON...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.TONIGHT...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KT
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.FRI...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT...SUBSIDING TO 2 TO
4 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. 
.FRI NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT...SUBSIDING TO
2 TO 3 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
.SAT...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.SUN...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.MON...S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...THE TAIL END OF A DISSIPATING COLD FRONT SINKING
SLOWLY S INTO PUERTO RICO COASTAL WATERS AND INTO E HISPANIOLA
THIS MORNING WILL CONTINUE TO DRIFT S THROUGH FRI AND GRADUALLY
DISSIPATE ACROSS EXTREME NE CARIBBEAN. 1024 MB HIGH NEAR 29N73W
WILL SHIFT E REACHING 65W BY EARLY SUN IN RESPONSE TO A WEAK COLD
FRONT THAT WILL MOVE OFF NE FLORIDA LATE SAT... STALL FROM 31N79W
TO 29N81W SUN...THEN MOVE BACK TOWARDS NW AS A WARM FRONT THROUGH
MON. N TO NE SWELLS OVER THE EASTERN PORTION WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE
THROUGH SAT.

.THIS AFTERNOON...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N...AND S 5 TO 10 KT
N OF 27N. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.TONIGHT...S OF 27N...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...INCREASING TO 15 TO
20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. N OF 27N...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO
4 FT...BUILDING TO 3 TO 5 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
.FRI...S OF 27N...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...DIMINISHING TO 10 TO
15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. N OF 27N...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO
5 FT. 
.FRI NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.
.SAT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SUN...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.MON...S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.