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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1017 AM EST FRI DEC 27 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...OLD ILL DEFINED FRONTAL ZONE EXTENDS FROM CENTRAL
FLORIDA SW TO FAR W BAY OF CAMPECHE. STATIONARY LOW PRES ALONG S
END OF FRONTAL ZONE NEAR 21N94.5W WILL DRIFT N TO NE THROUGH
TONIGHT. PORTION OF FRONTAL ZONE E OF 90W WILL ALSO DRIFT N THIS
AFTERNOON THROUGH SAT AND MOVE INTO NE GULF COASTAL
WATERS...WITH LOW PRES DEVELOPING ALONG NEW WARM FRONT SAT
AFTERNOON...SHIFTING NE AND INTO THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE EARLY ON
SUN. N TO NW WINDS BEHIND LIFTING LOW WILL PUSH A COLD FRONT SE
ACROSS THE E WATERS ON SUN AND STALL FROM NEAR EXTREME S FLORIDA
TO 21N96W BY MON MORNING. ANOTHER WEAK COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO
THE FAR NW GULF ON SUN NIGHT AND DISSIPATE ACROSS N PORTION MON.
HIGH PRES BEHIND THIS SECOND FRONT WILL REINFORCE THE INITIAL
FRONT AND PUSH IT SLIGHTLY SE...REACHING FRONT STRAITS OF
FLORIDA TO N COAST OF YUCATAN TUE. 

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

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...A STALLED WEAK COLD FRONT ACROSS THE NW WATERS THIS
MORNING WILL MOVE E ACROSS THE NORTHERN WATERS TODAY AND EXIT E
OF AREA BY SAT. SOUTHERLY RETURN FLOW WILL INCREASE OVER THE NW
PORTION ON SUN AHEAD OF THE NEXT COLD FRONT EXPECTED TO MOVE SE
OFF THE SE UNITED STATES COAST SUN NIGHT...AND REACH FROM 31N72W
TO SE FLORIDA MON MORNING...THEN FROM NEAR 29N65W THROUGH CENTRAL
BAHAMAS TO W CENTRAL CUBA BY TUE EVENING.

.TODAY...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT...SUBSIDING TO
3 TO 5 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. 
.TONIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT...BUILDING TO
4 TO 6 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
.SAT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N...AND E 15 TO 20 KT N OF 27N.
SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N...AND SE 15 TO 20 KT N
OF 27N. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.SUN...S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.MON...N WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.TUE...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.