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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1133 AM EDT THU AUG 21 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 EXTENDS FROM FLORIDA BAY TO THE MISSISSIPPI
DELTA WITH A HIGH PRESSURE CENTER ALONG THE RIDGE NEAR 28N87W.
THE HIGH WILL SHIFT NW TO INTERIOR LOUISIANA ON FRI WITH A RIDGE
EXTENDING SE TO THE SE GULF WATERS. THE HIGH WILL SHIFT SE TO
OVER THE SAT NE GULF OVER THE WEEKEND WITH THE RIDGE BECOMING
ORIENTED FROM SW LOUISIANA TO THE FAR SE GULF. 

.TODAY...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND ISOLATED TSTMS.
.TONIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.FRI...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...DIMINISHING TO 5 TO 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON.
SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS.
.FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. ISOLATED SHOWERS
AND TSTMS.
.SAT...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. 
.SUN...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. 
.SUN NIGHT...N WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. 
.MON...N WINDS LESS THAN 5 KT. SEAS 1 FT. 
.MON NIGHT...N WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...A RIDGE ALONG 27N WILL GRADUALLY SHIFT N TO ALONG 30N
ON SUN THEN RETREAT E OF THE AREA ON MON AS STRONGER RIDGING
BUILDS SOUTHWARD OVER THE FAR NW WATERS. A TROPICAL
LOW...POSSIBLY A TROPICAL CYCLONE...IS EXPECTED TO MOVE NW ACROSS
THE CARIBBEAN AND INTO THE ATLC NEAR HISPANIOLA ON SAT...THEN
CONTINUE NW ACROSS OR VERY NEAR THE BAHAMA ISLANDS THROUGH MON.

.TODAY...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N...AND SW 5 TO 10 KT N OF 27N.
SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND TSTMS.
.TONIGHT...S OF 27N...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. N OF 27N...S WINDS
LESS THAN 5 KT...INCREASING TO 5 TO 10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS
1 TO 2 FT. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND TSTMS
.FRI...S OF 27N...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. N OF 27N...S WINDS 5 TO
10 KT...BECOMING SW IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT N OF
27N...AND 2 TO 3 FT S OF 27N. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND TSTMS
.FRI NIGHT...S OF 27N...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. N OF 27N...SE WINDS
LESS THAN 5 KT...BECOMING S AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. ISOLATED
SHOWERS AND TSTMS
.SAT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.SUN...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.SUN NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.
.MON...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.MON NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.