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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1044 AM EDT WED OCT 23 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...A COLD FRONT FRONT FROM NEAR TAMPA BAY FLORIDA TO
25N90W TO 18N95W WILL MERGE WITH A REINFORCING COLD FRONT
EXTENDING FROM NEAR THE FLORIDA BIG BEND TO MEXICO NEAR 23N98W
LATER TODAY. THE MERGED FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM 24N81W TO 22N90W 
TO 18N92W BY THU MORNING WHERE IT WILL STALL...MOVING LITTLE
THROUGH FRI MORNING. WINDS TO GALE FORCE OFF THE SOUTHERN
VERACRUZ COAST WILL PERSIST THROUGH EARLY TONIGHT. HIGH PRES
BUILDING OVER THE DEEP SOUTH STATES FRI WILL MAINTAIN FRESH TO
STRONG NE TO E WINDS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE GULF INTO
SUNDAY AS THE FRONT GRADUALLY WASHES OUT. 

.THIS AFTERNOON...W WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING N 15 TO 20 KT
BEHIND FRONT. SEAS 1 TO 3 FT...BUILDING TO 3 TO 6 FT BEHIND FRONT.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS.
.TONIGHT...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT...EXCEPT 3 TO 6 FT
W PORTION. 
.THU...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 6 FT.
.THU NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 6 FT.
.FRI...NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT...HIGHER IN STRAITS
OF FLORIDA.
.SAT...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT...HIGHER IN STRAITS
OF FLORIDA. 
.SUN...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...A COLD FRONT FROM 31N78W TO 29N81W WILL REACH FROM
31N66W TO 27N72W TO 22N78W BY THU MORNING...THEN WILL STALL FROM
31N65W TO THE SE BAHAMAS BY FRI MORNING. THE FRONT WILL THEN MOVE
TO OVER THE SE WATERS THROUGH THE WEEKEND AS REINFORCING HIGH PRES
BUILDS IN FROM THE SE U.S.

.THIS AFTERNOON...S OF 27N...SW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. N OF 27N...SW
WINDS 10 TO 20 KT...BECOMING W TO NW 15 TO 20 KT BEHIND FRONT.
SEAS 1 TO 3 FT S OF 27N...AND 4 TO 7 FT N OF 27N. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS.
.TONIGHT...S OF 27N...NW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING N 10 TO
20 KT BEHIND FRONT. N OF 27N...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4
FT S OF 27N...AND 4 TO 6 FT N OF 27N. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
ISOLATED TSTMS.
.THU...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT S OF 27N...AND N 10 TO 15 KT N OF
27N. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT S OF 27N...AND 4 TO 6 FT N OF 27N. SCATTERED
SHOWERS.
.THU NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT S OF 27N...AND NE 10 TO 15 KT N
OF 27N. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS.
.FRI...NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT.
.SAT...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT.
.SUN...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 6 FT.