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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
524 PM EDT TUE OCT 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 COLD FRONT EXTENDING FROM 30N85W TO 22N93W TO
18N95W WILL GRADUALLY WEAKEN AS IT REACHES FROM NEAR APALACHEE
BAY TO THE SW GULF NEAR 19N93W TONIGHT...MOVING SE-S OF THE
BASIN BY WED NIGHT. GALE FORCE ALONG THE COAST OF VERACRUZ WILL
PERSIST UNTIL EARLY WED MORNING. HIGH PRES BUILDS IN BEHIND THE
FRONT WED NIGHT THROUGH FRI NIGHT WITH RAPIDLY DIMINISHING WINDS
AND SUBSIDING SEAS. A WEAK AREA OF LOW PRES IS EXPECTED TO
DEVELOP IN THE SW GULF OVER THE WEEKEND. 

.TONIGHT...S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING SW 10 TO 15 KT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.WED...NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.WED NIGHT...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.THU...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.THU NIGHT...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.FRI...N WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.FRI NIGHT...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.SAT...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS.
.SUN...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...HURRICANE GONZALO NEAR 21.2N 66.0W 970 MB AT 2100 
UTC OCT 14 MOVING NW OR 320 DEG AT 11 KT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED 
WINDS 100 KT GUSTS 120 KT. GONZALO IS FORECAST TO REMAIN A MAJOR 
HURRICANE AS IT MOVES TO NEAR 24.0N 68.2W BY WED AFTERNOON AND 
TO NEAR 27.2N 68.3W THU AFTERNOON BEFORE PASSING N OF THE AREA 
TO NEAR 32.0N 65.6W FRI AFTERNOON. OTHERWISE...A WEAKENING COLD 
FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE NW PORTION WED...FROM NEAR 31N78W TO 
JUPITER FLORIDA WED EVENING...FROM NEAR 31N75W TO THE STRAITS OF 
FLORIDA BY THU...THEN BECOMING DIFFUSE AND DISSIPATING THROUGH 
FRI.

.TONIGHT...S OF 27N...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING SE 5 TO
10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. N OF 27N...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING
S 15 TO 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.WED...S OF 27N...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. N OF 27N...S WINDS 15 TO
20 KT...DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 TO
4 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.WED NIGHT...S OF 27N...S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. N OF 27N...SW WINDS
10 TO 15 KT...DIMINISHING TO 5 TO 10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 TO
5 FT. 
.THU...NW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT S OF 27N...AND NW 10 TO 15 KT N OF
27N. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.THU NIGHT...S OF 27N...N WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. N OF 27N...NW WINDS
10 TO 15 KT...DIMINISHING TO 5 TO 10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 4 TO
6 FT. 
.FRI...N WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.FRI NIGHT...N WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SAT...N WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SUN...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.