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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
425 AM EST THU DEC 5 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 RIDGING EXTENDING FROM THE WESTERN ATLC
WESTWARD ALONG 28N TO THE CENTRAL GULF WILL STRENGTHEN SLIGHTLY
THROUGH TONIGHT...THEN WEAKEN FRI THROUGH SAT. A COLD FRONT WILL
MOVE INTO THE FAR NW GULF LATE THIS EVENING...THEN REACH FROM SW
LOUISIANA TO SE TEXAS BY DAYBREAK FRI AS STRONG HIGH PRES SURGES
S BEHIND IT. THE FRONT WILL REACH FROM THE FLORIDA WESTERN
PANHANDLE SW TO NEAR 26N95W AND TO THE SW GULF BY DAYBREAK SAT
BEFORE IT BEGINS TO SLOW DOWN AND WEAKEN ON SUN AS LIFTING
SLIGHTLY NORTHWARD. LOW PRES EXPECTED FORM ALONG THE FRONT NEAR
26N95W WILL TRACK NE TOWARDS S CENTRAL LOUISIANA THROUGH LATE
SUN WHILE WEAKENING. STRONG N TO NE WINDS WILL FOLLOW IN BEHIND
THE FRONT WITH POSSIBLE BRIEF INSTANCES OF SPEEDS TO GALE FORCE
ALONG THE MEXICAN COAST FRI NIGHT INTO EARLY SAT. ANOTHER STRONG
COLD FRONT IS FORECAST TO MOVE INTO THE WESTERN GULF
MON...REACHING FROM SE LOUISIANA TO NEAR TAMPICO MEXICO BY LATE
MON. STRONG NORTHERLY FLOW RESULTING IN LARGE SEAS WILL FOLLOW
IN BEHIND THIS FRONT. 

.TODAY...E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. ISOLATED
SHOWERS.
.TONIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 5 FT. ISOLATED
SHOWERS.
.FRI...E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KT IN
THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. ISOLATED SHOWERS.
.FRI NIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 5 FT. ISOLATED 
SHOWERS.
.SAT...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SUN...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.MON...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...HIGH PRES RIDGING ACROSS THE AREA WILL STRENGTHEN
THROUGH THE PERIOD. A WEAKENING FRONTAL TROUGH OVER THE FAR SE
WATERS WILL TRANSITION TO A SHEAR LINE NEAR 19N BY LATE THIS
AFTERNOON...AND GRADUALLY SHIFT SE THROUGH FRI NIGHT.  

.TODAY...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N...AND SE 5 TO 10 KT N OF
27N. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.TONIGHT...S OF 27N...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. N OF 27N...SE WINDS
5 TO 10 KT...INCREASING TO 10 TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO
4 FT...BUILDING TO 3 TO 5 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
.FRI...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT S OF 27N...AND SE 10 TO 15 KT N OF
27N. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.FRI NIGHT...S OF 27N...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. N OF 27N...SE WINDS
10 TO 15 KT...DIMINISHING TO 5 TO 10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 TO
5 FT. 
.SAT...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SUN...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.MON...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.