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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1101 AM EDT SAT APR 5 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 STATIONARY FRONT EXTENDS FROM PANAMA CITY FLORIDA
ACROSS THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO TAMPICO MEXICO. THE
FRONT WILL LIFT NW AS A WARM FRONT THROUGH TONIGHT...THEN WILL
RETURN AS A STRONG COLD FRONT SUN NIGHT EXTENDING FROM SE
LOUISIANA TO THE WESTERN BAY OF CAMPECHE BY MON ...FROM TAMPA
BAY FLORIDA TO THE N CENTRAL YUCATAN TUE ...PUSHING SE OF THE
GULF TUE NIGHT. FRESH TO STRONG SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL BE AHEAD OF
THE COLD FRONT IN THE CENTRAL AND E GULF WITH A REINFORCING
SURGE OF NW WINDS ARRIVING BEHIND IT IN THE CENTRAL AND E GULF
TUE INTO EARLY WED. 

.THIS AFTERNOON...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.TONIGHT...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...INCREASING TO 10 TO 15 KT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT...SUBSIDING TO 1 TO 2 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT.
.SUN...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.SUN NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT...BUILDING TO
2 TO 4 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
.MON...S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.TUE...W WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.WED...NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...1023 MB HIGH PRES NEAR 27N65W WITH A RIDGE EXTENDING
TO SOUTH FLORIDA WILL SHIFT E TONIGHT AS A WEAK COLD FRONT MOVES
OFF THE NE FLORIDA COAST. THE FRONT WILL STALL FROM NEAR 31N79W
TO 29N81W SUN MORNING BEFORE LIFTING BACK NW AS A WARM FRONT
THROUGH SUN NIGHT AS ATLC RIDGING REBUILDS WESTWARD ACROSS THE
AREA. THE FRONT WILL MOVE SE AGAIN AS A STRONG COLD FRONT ACROSS
THE NW WATERS ON TUE...REACHING FROM 31N71W TO CENTRAL CUBA BY
WED MORNING THEN FROM E OF BERMUDA TO THE TURKS AND CAICOS LATE
WED.

.THIS AFTERNOON...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT S OF 27N...AND SW 10 TO
15 KT N OF 27N. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.TONIGHT...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.SUN...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.SUN NIGHT...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...INCREASING TO 10 TO 15 KT
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.MON...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.TUE...SW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.WED...NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.