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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
918 PM EST MON DEC 22 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...FRESH TO STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL SPREAD OVER THE
ENTIRE GULF LATER TONIGHT AND TUE AHEAD OF A STRONG COLD FRONT
EXPECTED TO ENTER THE NW GULF TUE AFTERNOON. THE FRONT WILL
EXTEND FROM SE LOUISIANA TO THE WESTERN BAY OF CAMPECHE TUE
NIGHT...FROM THE FLORIDA BIG BEND TO THE YUCATAN PENINSULA LATE
WED...AND CLEAR THE GULF WED NIGHT. GALE FORCE WINDS AND ROUGH
SEAS ARE EXPECTED WEST OF THE FRONT AND 94W TUE NIGHT AND WED.
HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT. ANOTHER COLD
FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE NW GULF SAT. 

.TONIGHT...S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING SE 10 TO 15 KT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.TUE...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.TUE NIGHT...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING S 20 TO 25 KT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.WED...S WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...BECOMING SW 15 TO 20 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.WED NIGHT...NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.THU...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.THU NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.FRI...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 
.SAT...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...A WEAK RIDGE EXTENDS ACROSS THE AREA. SOUTHERLY
WINDS WILL INCREASE OVER THE NW WATERS TUE NIGHT AND WED AHEAD
OF A STRONG COLD FRONT THAT WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA WED NIGHT.
THE FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM 31N74W TO THE FLORIDA STRAITS LATE
THU...FROM 29N65W TO WESTERN CUBA LATE FRI...THEN WEAKEN TO A
FRONTAL TROUGH FROM 25N65W TO SE FLORIDA LATE SAT. FRESH TO
STRONG NW WINDS AND BUILDING SEAS ARE EXPECTED BEHIND THE FRONT
WED NIGHT AND THU.

.TONIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. S OF 27N...SEAS 2 FT OR LESS...
BECOMING 3 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. N OF 27N...SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 
.TUE...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 
.TUE NIGHT...S OF 27N...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. N OF 27N...SE WINDS
10 TO 15 KT...INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 TO
4 FT S OF 27N...AND 4 TO 6 FT N OF 27N. 
.WED...S OF 27N...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING S 10 TO 15 KT
IN THE AFTERNOON. N OF 27N...S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT
S OF 27N...AND 4 TO 6 FT N OF 27N. 
.WED NIGHT...S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT S OF 27N...AND 4 TO
6 FT N OF 27N. 
.THU...W WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT S OF 27N...AND 4 TO 6 FT N
OF 27N. 
.THU NIGHT...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.FRI...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 
.FRI NIGHT...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. 
.SAT...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS S OF 27N...AND 3 TO
4 FT N OF 27N. 
.SAT NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT.