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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
940 PM EDT MON OCT 14 2013

...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...HIGH PRES OVER THE GULF WATERS WILL MOVE EASTWARD BY
MID WEEK ALLOWING FOR A COLD FRONT TO MOVE OFF THE TEXAS COAST
WED MORNING. THE COLD FRONT WILL REACH FROM SE LOUISIANA TO FAR
NE MEXICO EARLY THU...AND FROM NEAR APALACHICOLA FLORIDA TO NE
MEXICO BY THU EVENING. THE FRONT IS THEN EXPECTED TO BECOME
ALIGNED E TO W NEAR 27N FRI WITH THE WESTERN PORTION BECOMING
STATIONARY OVER THE WESTERN GULF FRI. THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE
FRONT SHOULD MOVE SLOWLY SOUTHWARD OVER THE EASTERN GULF INTO
SAT AS STRONG HIGH PRES BUILDS SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE NW AND N
CENTRAL GULF IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT. 

.OVERNIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.TUE...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...DIMINISHING TO 5 TO 10 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT.
.WED...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. 
.WED NIGHT...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. 
.THU...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. 
.FRI...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. 
.SAT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...A SURFACE TROUGH EXTENDS FROM 26N65W TO THE SE
BAHAMAS. THE TROUGH WILL SHIFT SLOWLY EASTWARD THROUGH WED...
THEN BECOME NEARLY STATIONARY THROUGH FRI. WEAK LOW PRES MAY FORM
ALONG THE TROUGH NEAR THE SE BAHAMAS...THEN LIFT NE TO NEAR
27N68W BY EARLY THU AND TO NE OF THE AREA FRI. A TIGHT PRES
GRADIENT IN THE FAR NW PORTION WILL DIMINISH TUE. OTHERWISE... A
WEAK PRES PATTERN WILL PREVAIL ACROSS THE BASIN THROUGH SAT WITH
LITTLE CHANGES IN CURRENT WINDS AND SEAS OUTSIDE THUNDERSTORM
ACTIVITY.

.OVERNIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N...AND NE 5 TO 10 KT N
OF 27N EXCEPT N OF 29N W OF 79W N 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT S
OF 27N...AND 3 TO 5 FT IN NE SWELL N OF 27N EXCEPT 5 TO 7 FT N OF
29N W OF 79W. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS S OF 27N E OF
78W. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS N OF 27N NW PART.
.TUE...S OF 27N...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. N OF 27N...NE WINDS LESS
THAN 5 KT INCREASING TO 5 TO 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON EXCEPT N OF
29N W OF 79W N 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT S OF 27N...AND 3 TO 5
FT IN NE SWELL N OF 27N EXCEPT N OF 29N W OF 79W 5 TO 7 FT.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS S OF 27N E OF 78W. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS N OF 27N NW PART.
.TUE NIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT S OF 27N...AND N TO NE
WINDS 10 TO 15 KT N OF 27N. S OF 27N...SEAS 3 TO 5 FT IN IN NE SWELL ATLC
EXPOSURES...AND 1 TO 2 FT ELSEWHERE. N OF 27N...SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS S OF 27N E OF 78W. ISOLATED
SHOWERS N OF 27N.
.WED...N TO NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT S OF 27N...AND 4
TO 5 FT IN NE SWELL N OF 27N. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS
S OF 27N E OF 78W. ISOLATED SHOWERS N OF 27N.
.WED NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N...AND NE 5 TO 10 KT N
OF 27N. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.THU...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.FRI...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.SAT...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.