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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
450 AM EDT WED OCT 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 WEAKENING COLD FRONT EXTENDING FROM 30N83W TO
25N86W TO 18N93W WILL PUSH SE OF THE BASIN LATE TONIGHT. GALE
FORCE WINDS IN THE FAR SW GULF WILL DIMINISH LATER THIS MORNING.
HIGH PRES BUILDS IN BEHIND THE FRONT 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.

.TODAY...NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...EXCEPT VARIABLE 5 TO 10 KT AHEAD
OF FRONT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS.
.TONIGHT...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.THU...N WINDS 5 TO 10 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 FT. 
.FRI NIGHT...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. 
.SAT...NE WINDS LESS THAN 5 KT. SEAS 2 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. 
.SUN...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. 
.SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...HURRICANE GONZALO NEAR 22.9N 67.3W 954 MB AT 0900 UTC
OCT 15 MOVING NW OR 320 DEG AT 11 KT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 110 KT
GUSTS 135 KT. GONZALO IS FORECAST TO REMAIN A MAJOR HURRICANE AS
IT MOVES TO NEAR 24.0N 68.3W THIS AFTERNOON...25.5N 68.9W LATE
TONIGHT...27.3N 68.5W THU AFTERNOON...THEN WEAKENING AND
ACCELERATING AS IT MOVES TO 29.9N 67.1W LATE THU NIGHT...MOVING
WELL N OF THE AREA TO 37.5N 62.8W LATE FRI NIGHT. OTHERWISE...A
WEAKENING COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE NW PORTION LATER TODAY
REACHING FROM 31N79W TO NEAR JUPITER FLORIDA THIS EVENING...31N76W
TO CENTRAL CUBA THU MORNING...THEN DISSIPATING AS IT EXTENDS FROM
NEAR 31N73W TO THE CENTRAL BAHAMAS THU EVENING.

.TODAY...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT S OF 27N...AND S 10 TO 15 KT N OF 27N
...SHIFTING TO NW BEHIND FRONT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS S OF 27N...AND
4 TO 6 FT N OF 27N. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS.
.TONIGHT...VARIABLE WINDS LESS THAN 5 KT S OF 27N...BECOMING NW 10
TO 15 KT BEHIND FRONT...AND SW 5 TO 10 KT N OF 27N...EXCEPT NW 10
TO 15 KT BEHIND FRONT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS S OF 27N...AND 4 TO 7 FT
N OF 27N. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS.
.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...NW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT IN MIXED N AND SE
SWELL.
.FRI...N WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT IN MIXED N AND SE SWELL.
.FRI NIGHT...N WINDS LESS THAN 5 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT IN MIXED N AND
SE SWELL.
.SAT...N WINDS LESS THAN 5 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT IN MIXED N AND SE SWELL.
.SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT IN MIXED N AND SE
SWELL.
.SUN...N WINDS LESS THAN 5 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT IN NE TO E SWELL. 
.SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.