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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
940 AM EST THU DEC 26 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 FRONTAL TROUGH OVER THE EASTERN GULF WILL DRIFT NW
THROUGH FRI. AN INVERTED TROUGH WILL PERSIST OVER THE SW GULF
WATERS WITH LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPING ALONG THE TROUGH ON FRI
NIGHT. THE LOW WILL LIFT NE ALONG THE FRONTAL TROUGH ON SAT
REACHING THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE EARLY SUN AND DRAG A COLD FRONT
THROUGH THE SOUTHEASTERN GULF WATERS ON SUN NIGHT. ANOTHER COLD
FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE NW GULF ON SUN EVENING AND PASS THROUGH
THE EASTERN GULF ON MON NIGHT. 

.TODAY...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT...SUBSIDING TO
2 TO 3 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS.
.TONIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT...BUILDING TO
2 TO 4 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
.FRI...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT...BUILDING TO
3 TO 5 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
.SAT...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SUN...W WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.MON...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...A FRONTAL TROUGH EXTENDING FROM 30N65W TO SE FLORIDA
WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NW THIS AFTERNOON. A COLD FRONT WILL WILL
MOVE OFF THE SE UNITED STATES COAST THIS AFTERNOON AND ABSORB THE 
TROUGH TONIGHT. THE FRONT WILL REACH FROM 31N72W TO CENTRAL CUBA
ON FRI. SOUTHERLY RETURN FLOW WILL INCREASE OVER THE WATERS N OF
THE BAHAMAS ON SUN AHEAD OF ANOTHER COLD FRONT MOVING OFF THE SE
UNITED STATES COAST ON SUN EVENING...REACHING FROM 31N73W TO NW
CUBA LATE MON.

.TODAY...S OF 27N...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...DIMINISHING TO 5 TO
10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. N OF 27N...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING
NE IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS. 
.TONIGHT...S OF 27N...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. N OF 27N...NE WINDS
5 TO 10 KT...INCREASING TO 10 TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO
4 FT. 
.FRI...S OF 27N...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. N OF 27N...NE WINDS
10 TO 15 KT...DIMINISHING TO 5 TO 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS
2 TO 4 FT...SUBSIDING TO 2 TO 3 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. 
.FRI NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.
.SAT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.SUN...S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.MON...NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.