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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
522 AM EDT THU OCT 31 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 AREA WILL CONTINUE TO SLIDE
EASTWARD THROUGH. THIS WILL ALLOW FOR A COLD FRONT TO MOVE OFF
THE TEXAS COAST THIS EVENING. THE FRONT WILL REACH FROM SE
LOUISIANA TO SE TEXAS EARLY ON FRI...THEN SLOW DOWN SOME AS IT
REACHES FROM THE FLORIDA BIG BEND TO NEAR 25N91W AND STATIONARY
TO JUST N OF TAMPICO MEXICO BY LATE FRI NIGHT. WEAK HIGH PRES
BEHIND THE FRONT WILL BE REINFORCED BY STRONGER HIGH PRES ON SAT
PUSHING THE FRONT TO A POSITION FROM NEAR FORT MYERS FLORIDA TO
NEAR 24N90W AND TO NEAR TAMPICO SAT AFTERNOON...TO JUST SE OF
THE AREA BY LATE SAT. FRESH TO STRONG N TO NE WINDS AND BUILDING
SEAS MAINLY OVER THE WESTERN PORTION WILL FOLLOW IN BEHIND THE
FRONT THROUGH SUN AS HIGH SLIDES EASTWARD OVER THE AREA. ON MON
THE HIGH PRES WEAKENS OVER THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL WATERS
ALLOWING FOR WINDS AND SEAS TO SUBSIDE. 

.TODAY...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING SE 10 TO 15 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND TSTMS IN THE
MORNING...BECOMING SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
.TONIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT...SUBSIDING TO
2 TO 4 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 
.FRI...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT...SUBSIDING TO 2 TO
3 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND TSTMS EARLY.
.FRI NIGHT...S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT...SUBSIDING TO
1 TO 2 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
.SAT...NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.SUN...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.MON...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...A STATIONARY FRONT FROM 23N65W TO THE MONA PASSAGE
WILL BRIEFLY TRANSITION TO A SHEAR TONIGHT INTO EARLY FRI THEN
SLOWLY DISSIPATE THROUGH SAT AS HIGH PRES OVER THE AREA SLIDES
EASTWARD WHILE WEAKENING. THIS WILL ALLOW FOR A COLD FRONT TO
MOVE OFF THE SE U.S. LATE FRI NIGHT INTO EARLY SAT. THE COLD
FRONT WILL REACH FROM NEAR 31N75W TO SE FLORIDA BY SAT
EVENING...FROM NEAR 31N65W AND TO VICINITY EASTERN CUBA BY LATE
SUN BEFORE MOVING E OF THE AREA MON. HIGH PRES BEHIND THE FRONT
WILL BE REINFORCED BY STRONGER HIGH PRES FROM THE N LATE SUN INTO
MON LEADING TO  INCREASING N TO NE WINDS AND BUILDING SEAS ACROSS
MUCH OF THE BASIN.

.TODAY...S OF 27N...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...DIMINISHING TO 10 TO
15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. N OF 27N...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO
6 FT...SUBSIDING TO 3 TO 5 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. ISOLATED SHOWERS.
.TONIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. ISOLATED SHOWERS.
.FRI...S OF 27N...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...DIMINISHING TO 5 TO
10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. N OF 27N...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO
5 FT...SUBSIDING TO 2 TO 4 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. ISOLATED SHOWERS.
.FRI NIGHT...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT S OF 27N...AND S 10 TO 15 KT N
OF 27N. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS N OF
27N. ISOLATED SHOWERS S OF 27N.
.SAT...SW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SUN...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.MON...NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT.