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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
937 AM EST THU DEC 18 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 STATIONARY FRONT EXTENDS FROM NAPLES FLORIDA WSW
TO 25N87W...THEN BECOMES A WARM FRONT NW TO NEAR GALVESTON BAY.
THE STATIONARY PORTION WILL BECOME DIFFUSE BY TONIGHT...WHILE
THE WARM FRONT PORTION WILL LIFT NE ACROSS THE NORTH-CENTRAL
GULF THROUGH SAT MORNING AS LOW PRES ACROSS INLAND COASTAL SE
TEXAS TRACKS NE. THE LOW WILL REACH THE COAST OF SE LOUISIANA
FRI NIGHT DRAGGING A COLD FRONT ACROSS THE WESTERN GULF. THE LOW
PRES WILL REACH NEAR THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER BY SAT
WITH THE FRONT SW TO NEAR TAMPICO...THEN BECOMING STATIONARY
WHILE WEAKENING FROM THE FLORIDA BIG BEND SW TO THE EASTERN BAY
OF CAMPECHE BY SUN. WEAK HIGH PRES WILL BUILD EASTWARD ACROSS
THE GULF BEHIND THE FRONT SUN NIGHT THROUGH MON. 

.TODAY...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. 
.TONIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS...BUILDING TO
3 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
.FRI...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. 
.FRI NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. 
.SAT...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. 
.SUN...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. 
.SUN NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. 
.MON...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. 
.MON NIGHT...SW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...A WEAK COLD FRONT EXTENDS FROM 31N65W TO THE NW
BAHAMAS THEN STATIONARY TO PORT EVERGLADES AND WILL REACH FROM
NEAR 28N65W TO 26N72W FRI...WITH ANY REMNANTS MOVING E OF THE
AREA BY SAT. DEVELOPING LOW PRES WILL TRACK NE OFF THE SE U.S.
COAST SAT THROUGH SUN PUSHING A FRONT SE FROM 31N74W TO FLAGLER
BEACH BY SUN...AND DISSIPATING BY MON. GENTLE TO MODERATE S-SE
WINDS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE NW WATERS LATE SUN THROUGH MON
NIGHT.

.TODAY...NW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS S OF 27N...AND
3 FT N OF 27N. 
.TONIGHT...N WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS S OF 27N...AND
3 FT N OF 27N. 
.FRI...S OF 27N...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. N OF
27N...N WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...DIMINISHING TO LESS THAN 5 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 FT IN THE MORNING... BECOMING 2 FT OR LESS. 
.FRI NIGHT...S OF 27N...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. N OF 27N...NE WINDS
LESS THAN 5 KT...BECOMING E AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS S
OF 27N...AND 3 FT N OF 27N. 
.SAT...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS S OF 27N...AND 3 FT
N OF 27N. 
.SAT NIGHT...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS S OF 27N...
AND 3 FT N OF 27N. 
.SUN...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS S OF 27N...AND 3 FT
N OF 27N. 
.SUN NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS S OF 27N...
AND 3 TO 4 FT N OF 27N. 
.MON...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS S OF 27N...AND 3 TO
5 FT N OF 27N. 
.MON NIGHT...SW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS S OF 27N...
AND 3 TO 5 FT N OF 27N.