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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
453 AM EDT FRI OCT 3 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 EARLY SEASON COLD FRONT WILL MOVE OFF THE
TEXAS COAST THIS MORNING AND EXTEND FROM NEAR MOBILE BAY TO
BROWNSVILLE FRI AND FROM NEAR NAPLES FLORIDA TO UPPER MEXICAN
COAST SAT WHERE W PORTIONS OF FRONT WILL STALL...THEN BEGIN TO
LIFT N AS WARM FRONT SAT NIGHT INTO S TEXAS AND INTO CENTRAL
TEXAS SUN. MEANWHILE E PORTION OF FRONT TO STRAITS OF FLORIDA
SUN WHERE IT WILL STALL THROUGH MON MORNING BEFORE DRIFTINGNWTO
S FLORIDA TUE. 

.TODAY...S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. 
.TONIGHT...W WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...INCREASING TO 10 TO 15 KT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS...BECOMING 2 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
.SAT...W WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING NW 15 TO 20 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.SAT NIGHT...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SUN THROUGH TUE...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...COLD FRONT EXTENDS FROM 27N65W TO 26N70W...THEN
BECOMES A TROUGH TO FAR NW BAHAMAS. THE COLD FRONT WILL WEAKEN
AND EXTEND FROM NEAR 31N56W TO 26N67W 27N74W LATER TODAY THEN
MOVE E OF THE AREA. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL ENTER THE NW PORTION
ON SAT AND EXTEND FROM NEAR 31N70W TO THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA SUN
MORNING AND WEAKEN FROM 31N66W TO THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA MON
MORNING BEFORE DRIFTING NW THROUGH TUE.

.TODAY...S OF 27N...NW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. N OF 27N...NE WINDS
10 TO 15 KT...DIMINISHING TO 5 TO 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS
2 FT. 
.TONIGHT...S OF 27N...NW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. N OF 27N...E WINDS
5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING S 10 TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 FT. 
.SAT AND SAT NIGHT...W WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N...AND NW 15 TO
20 KT N OF 27N. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
TSTMS. 
.SUN...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SUN THROUGH TUE...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.