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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
530 PM EDT THU MAY 15 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 FROM THE FLORIDA BIG BEND SW TO
THE NW YUCATAN PENINSULA WILL MOVE EAST SOUTHEAST OVERNIGHT AND
REACH FROM THE FLORIDA KEYS TO NW CUBA AND ACROSS YUCATAN
CHANNEL FRI MORNING...THEN MOVE SE OF THE AREA BY FRI AFTERNOON.
HIGH PRES WILL PREVAIL ACROSS THE BASIN BEHIND THE FRONT FRI
THROUGH MON NIGHT. 

.TONIGHT...NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...BECOMING N 15 TO 20 KT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.FRI...N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT...BUILDING TO 5 TO
7 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. 
.FRI NIGHT...N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.SAT...NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.SUN...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SUN NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.
.MON...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.MON NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.
.TUE...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.TUE NIGHT...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...W ATLC RIDGE EXTENDS FROM HIGH ACROSS NW ATLC THROUGH
BAHAMAS AND TO W CENTRAL CUBA THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL WEAKEN AND
SHIFT EASTWARD TO THE FAR NE PORTION BY SAT. THIS WILL ALLOW FOR
A COLD FRONT CURRENTLY ACROSS E GULF OF MEXICO TO MOVE INTO THE
NW PORTION FROM 31N80W TO 28N80W BY LATE TONIGHT...REACH FROM
NEAR 31N78W TO 27N79W TO NW CUBA EARLY ON FRI...FROM NEAR 31N75W
TO 27N76W TO W CENTRAL CUBA FRI NIGHT...AND WEAKEN AS IT REACHES
FROM NEAR 31N73W TO 27N74W TO CENTRAL CUBA EARLY SAT. THE FRONT
IS FORECAST TO REACH FROM NEAR 31N70W THE SE BAHAMAS AND EASTERN
CUBA BY SUN...THEN FROM JUST W OF BERMUDA TO THE TURKS AND CAICOS
BY MON AS WEAK HIGH PRES BUILDS OVER THE AREA IN ITS WAKE.

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