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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
932 AM EST MON DEC 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 FROM 30N84W TO 25N90W TO 18N94W WILL
REACH FROM 26N82W TO 22N89W TO 18N92W TUE MORNING...PUSHING SE OF
THE GULF TUE EVENING. GALE FORCE WINDS ARE BEHIND THE FRONT S OF
24N...BUT WILL BECOME CONFINED TO S OF 21N BY TUE MORNING...
DIMINISHING BY TUE EVENING. FRESH TO STRONG NE WINDS ARE ELSEWHERE
W OF THE FRONT. HIGH PRES BUILDS IN BEHIND THE FRONT TUE INTO WED
WHILE TROUGHING INCREASES IN THE SOUTHERN GULF THU AND FRI.

.TODAY...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING S 5 TO 10 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.
.TONIGHT...N WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT...BUILDING TO 4 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT.
.TUE...N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT...BUILDING TO 5 TO
7 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. 
.TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...DIMINISHING TO 15 TO 20 KT
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. 
.WED...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.THU...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 6 FT.
.FRI...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...A RIDGE ALONG 29N WILL BE FORCED E BY A COLD FRONT
MOVING INTO NW WATERS TONIGHT. THE FRONT WILL REACH FROM 31N78W
TO 28N80W TUE MORNING...THEN FROM 31N67W TO 27N74W TO 23N80W WED
MORNING. A TROUGH MOVES INTO THE SE WATERS TUE AND FORCES THE
FRONT NORTHWARD. THE FRONT WILL STRETCH FROM 27N65W TO CENTRAL
BAHAMAS WHILE THE TROUGH WILL LIE NEAR THE WINDWARD PASSAGE THU.
THE FRONT MOVES E OF THE AREA FRI AS BROAD TROUGHING AMPLIFIES
OVER WESTERN WATERS.

.TODAY...S OF 27N...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...DIMINISHING TO 10 TO
15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. N OF 27N...S TO SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT.
SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.
.TONIGHT...S OF 27N...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING SE 5 TO
10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. N OF 27N...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO
6 FT...SUBSIDING TO 3 TO 5 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
.TUE...S OF 27N...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. N OF 27N...W WINDS 10 TO
15 KT...BECOMING NW 20 TO 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
.TUE NIGHT...S OF 27N...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. N OF 27N...N WINDS
20 TO 25 KT...BECOMING NE 15 TO 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 4 TO
6 FT...BUILDING TO 5 TO 7 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SCATTERED SHOWERS. 
.WED...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.THU...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.FRI...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.