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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
931 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 27N82W TO 23N87W TO
18N92W WILL PASS SE OF THE GULF TONIGHT. GALE FORCE WINDS S OF
21N W OF THE FRONT WILL DIMINISH THIS EVENING. FRESH TO STRONG
NE WINDS LIE ELSEWHERE W OF THE FRONT. HIGH PRES BUILDS IN BEHIND
FRONT TODAY INTO WED. SURFACE TROUGHING INTENSIFIES IN THE
SOUTHERN GULF WED AND THU AND SHIFTS INTO THE EAST GULF FRI AND
SAT.

.TODAY...N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 8 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND ISOLATED TSTMS.
.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 FROM 31N78W TO 28N81W WILL REACH FROM 
31N67W TO 27N74W TO 23N81W THIS EVENING...THEN WILL WEAKEN AS IT
STRETCHES FROM 31N55W TO 27N65W TO 21N76W WED MORNING. A
PRONOUNCED SURFACE TROUGH MOVES INTO THE SE WATERS TODAY AND
FORCES THE FRONT NORTHWARD BEYOND WED. THE FRONT WILL STRETCH
FROM 27N65W TO THE 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
IN E TO SE SWELL. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS.
.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 IN N TO NE SWELL.
.SAT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.