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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
536 PM EDT MON MAY 12 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 ALONG 30N WILL SHIFT EASTWARD AND WEAKEN
THROUGH WED NIGHT ALLOWING FOR A COLD FRONT TO MOVE INTO THE NW
GULF TUE EVENING. THE COLD FRONT WILL REACH FROM SE LOUISIANA TO
NEAR TAMPICO EARLY WED...FROM NEAR THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI
RIVER TO VERACRUZ MEXICO WED EVENING...FROM THE WESTERN FLORIDA
PANHANDLE TO JUST S OF VERACRUZ EARLY THU...FROM THE FLORIDA BIG
BEND TO FAR WESTERN YUCATAN PENINSULA THU EVENING. A WESTWARD
MOVING TROUGH WILL ENTER THE SE GULF WED...AND MERGE WITH A
PRE-FRONTAL TROUGH THU. THE MERGED TROUGH WILL MOVE INLAND
FLORIDA THU NIGHT AND FRI. GALE FORCE WINDS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
FAR W CENTRAL AND SW GULF WED AND THU. HIGH PRES IN THE WAKE OF
THE FRONT WILL WEAKEN AS IT SHIFTS EASTWARD FRI THROUGH SAT
NIGHT ALLOWING FOR WINDS TO DIMINISH AND SEAS TO SUBSIDE. 

.TONIGHT...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...EXCEPT E OF 85W 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS
5 TO 7 FT...EXCEPT W OF 85W 7 TO 10 FT. ISOLATED SHOWERS.
.TUE...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...EXCEPT E OF 85W 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5
TO 8 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS.
.TUE NIGHT...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS.
.WED...E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING SE 10 TO 15 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS.
.WED NIGHT...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.THU...S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. 
.THU NIGHT...W WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.FRI...NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.FRI NIGHT...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.SAT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...A RIDGE ALONG 31N WILL LIFT N OF THE AREA TUE AS A
TROUGH ALONG 75W S OF 25N CONTINUES WESTWARD...REACHING THE
STRAITS OF FLORIDA BY EARLY WED. A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO
THE NW PORTION FRI ALONG A POSITION FROM 31N79W TO NEAR DAYTONA
BEACH...AND REACH FROM NEAR 31N75W TO WESTERN CUBA SAT AS HIGH
PRES BUILDS SOUTHWARD OVER THE EASTERN PORTION.

.TONIGHT...E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT S OF 27N...AND E TO SE 10 TO 15 KT
N OF 27N. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT S OF 27N...AND 5 TO 7 FT N OF 27N EXCEPT
3 TO 5 FT W OF 78W. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS S OF
27N.
.TUE...S OF 27N...E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...DIMINISHING TO 15 TO
20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. N OF 27N...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS
6 TO 8 FT S OF 27N...AND 5 TO 7 FT N OF 27N...EXCEPT 3 TO 5 FT W
OF 78W.
.TUE NIGHT...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT S OF 27N...AND 5
TO 7 FT N OF 27N. 
.WED...S OF 27N...E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...DIMINISHING TO 10
TO 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. N OF 27N...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT.
SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.
.WED NIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.
.THU...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.
.THU NIGHT...SE TO S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
.FRI...S TO SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT S OF 27N...AND 6
TO 8 FT IN SE SWELL N OF 27N.
.FRI NIGHT...S OF 27N...SE TO S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
N OF 27N...NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT IN SE SWELL.
.SAT...S OF 27N...N TO NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. N OF
27N...NW TO N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.
.SAT NIGHT...N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT S OF
27N...AND 4 TO 6 FT N OF 27N.