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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
436 AM EDT WED MAY 14 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 STRONG COLD FRONT EXTENDING FROM CENTRAL LOUISIANA
TO VERACRUZ MEXICO NEAR 20.5N97W WILL REACH FROM 30N88W TO 30N85W
TO 25N87W TO 19N91W THU MORNING...FROM THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA NEAR
24N81W TO YUCATAN CHANNEL NEAR 22N85W LATE THU NIGHT...THEN MOVING
E OF THE GULF BY SUNRISE FRI. SQUALLS AND TSTMS OCCURRING AHEAD OF
THE FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO PROPAGATE E THIS MORNING. GALE FORCE
NORTHERLY WINDS WILL SPREAD FROM JUST OFFSHORE OF VERACRUZ W OF
THE FRONT TO THE SW GULF THROUGH TODAY...DIMINISHING ALTOGETHER
TONIGHT. HIGH PRES WITH MORE TRANQUIL CONDITIONS ARRIVES IN THE
WAKE OF THE FRONT.

.TODAY...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT...SUBSIDING TO
3 TO 5 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS.
.TONIGHT...SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING S TO SW 5 TO 10 KT
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT...SUBSIDING TO 2 TO 4 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS.
.THU...SW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING NW TO N 15 TO 20 KT BEHIND FRONT.
SEAS 2 TO 3 FT...BUILDING TO 4 TO 7 FT BEHIND FRONT. SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND ISOLATED TSTMS AHEAD OF FRONT.
.THU NIGHT...NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT...BUILDING TO 4 TO
6 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT.
.FRI...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.FRI NIGHT...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.SAT...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SUN...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.SUN NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...SE RETURN FLOW UNDER ATLC RIDGING WILL DOMINATE THROUGH
THU INCREASING IN THE NW PORTION AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT. THE FRONT
WILL EXTEND FROM 30N79W TO 27N80W LATE THU NIGHT...FROM 31N73W TO
ACROSS THE CENTRAL BAHAMAS TO EASTERN CUBA BY SUNRISE SAT...THEN
FROM 31N69W TO THE SE BAHAMAS SUN MORNING. HIGH PRES WILL BUILD IN
FROM THE NW THIS UPCOMING WEEKEND IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT.

.TODAY...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT...SUBSIDING TO 3 TO
5 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.TONIGHT...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT...BUILDING TO
4 TO 6 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.THU...SE WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND ISOLATED TSTMS.
.THU NIGHT...S OF 27N...S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...DIMINISHING TO 10 TO
15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. N OF 27N...S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...SHIFTING TO
NW BEHIND FRONT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS.
.FRI...E OF FRONT...S TO SW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 8 FT.
W OF FRONT...NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 8 FT.
.FRI NIGHT...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SAT...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SUN...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SUN NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.