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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
355 AM EST WED DEC 24 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 EXTENDS FROM SE LOUISIANA TO 26N91W TO
22N94W TO MEXICO NEAR 19N96.5W. THE FRONT WILL CONTINUE EASTWARD
AND REACH FROM 29N83W TO 25N84W TO 21.5N87W BY EARLY THIS
AFTERNOON...FROM 26N81W TO 22N85W BY LATE TONIGHT...MOVING E OF
THE BASIN THU AFTERNOON. GALE FORCE NORTHERLY WINDS BEHIND THE
FRONT IN THE WESTERN GULF WILL DIMINISH BY THIS EVENING. HIGH PRES
WILL BUILD IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT. THE NEXT COLD FRONT WILL
ENTER THE NW GULF BY SAT NIGHT...STALLING THROUGH SUN.

.TODAY...S TO SW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...SHIFTING TO NW BEHIND FRONT.
SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS.
.TONIGHT...E OF FRONT...SW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. W OF FRONT...NW
WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 8 FT.
.THU...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT IN NW SWELL. 
.THU NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KT
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.FRI...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 
.SAT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. 
.SUN...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. 
.SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...SOUTHERLY RETURN FLOW WILL INCREASE E OF NORTHERN
FLORIDA AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE W. THE FRONT WILL MOVE
OFFSHORE LATE TONIGHT...WEAKENING AS IT EXTENDS FROM 30N70W TO
27N75W TO 23N80W THU NIGHT...MOVING E-SE OF THE AREA BY SAT
MORNING. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT WITH
RETURN FLOW PREVAILING SAT NIGHT THROUGH SUN NIGHT.

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