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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
338 AM EST TUE DEC 24 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 STRETCHING FROM TAMPA BAY TO THE
CENTRAL BAY OF CAMPECHE WILL PASS SE OF THE GULF TONIGHT. FRESH
TO STRONG NE WINDS LIE W OF THE FRONT. HIGH PRES BUILDS IN BEHIND
FRONT TODAY INTO WED. SURFACE TROUGHING INTENSIFIES IN SOUTHERN
GULF WED AND THU AND SHIFTS INTO THE EAST GULF FRI AND SAT.

.TODAY...N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT...BUILDING TO 5 TO
7 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. 
.TONIGHT...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...DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT...SUBSIDING TO 4 TO 6 FT IN THE
AFTERNOON. 
.WED NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT...SUBSIDING TO
3 TO 5 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
.THU...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.FRI...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SAT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...A COLD FRONT LIES FROM 31N79W TO 29N81W. THE FRONT
WILL REACH FROM 31N71W TO THE CENTRAL BAHAMAS THIS EVENING AND
28N65W TO THE SOUTHERN BAHAMAS WED EVENING. A TROUGH MOVES INTO
THE SE WATERS TODAY 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...WITH A
PUSH OF COLD AIR MOVING INTO NW WATERS LATE FRI AND SAT.

.TODAY...S OF 27N...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. N OF 27N...W WINDS
10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING NW 15 TO 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 TO
5 FT. 
.TONIGHT...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. 
.WED...S OF 27N...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. N OF 27N...NE WINDS 15 TO
20 KT...DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 5 TO
7 FT...SUBSIDING TO 4 TO 6 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. 
.WED NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING E 10 TO 15 KT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.THU...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.FRI...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.SAT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.