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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
444 PM EST SUN DEC 29 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...COLD FRONT EXTENDS FROM FLORIDA BIG BEND REGION TO
NEAR 21N92W AND WILL MOVE SE OVERNIGHT AND STALL FROM FLORIDA
KEYS TO 22N90W ON MON. A SECOND WEAK COLD FRONT WILL MOVE OFF
THE TEXAS COAST MON MORNING AND QUICKLY MOVE SE...MERGING WITH
THE STALLED FRONT FROM SW FLORIDA TO W BAY OF CAMPECHE ON TUE.
LOW PRES WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE WESTERN GULF ALONG THE WESTERN
PORTION OF THE FRONT EARLY ON MON AS HIGH PRES SURGES SOUTHWARD
ACROSS THE WESTERN GULF...AND PRODUCE GALE WINDS TO PORTIONS OF
THE WESTERN GULF MON NIGHT AND TUE. THE STALLED FRONT WILL
EXTEND FROM STRAITS OF FLORIDA TO 22N94W TO THE SW GULF BY LATE
TUE... WITH HIGH PRES BUILDING ACROSS THE ENTIRE GULF TO
MAINTAIN STRONG NE TO E FLOW N OF FRONT THROUGH WED. THE FRONT
WILL DRIFT BRIEFLY NORTHWARD WED NIGHT THEN BE FORCED SOUTHWARD
AGAIN INTO THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA AND S CENTRAL GULF THROUGH FRI
AS STRONG HIGH PRES DOMINATES MOST OF THE REGION. 

.TONIGHT...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.MON...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT...BUILDING TO 2 TO
3 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. 
.MON NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT...BUILDING TO 2 TO 4 FT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. 
.TUE...NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...DIMINISHING TO 15 TO 20 KT
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT...SUBSIDING TO 4 TO 6 FT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. 
.WED...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.THU...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.FRI...NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...1028 MB HIGH CENTERED NEAR 35N53W THIS AFTERNOON
EXTENDS SW TO THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA...AND WILL SLIDE EASTWARD
THROUGH TUE WHILE WEAKENING. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE OFF THE SE
UNITED STATES COAST EARLY THIS EVENING AND REACH FROM NEAR 31N72W
TO SE FLORIDA MON AFTERNOON...THEN BEGIN TO SLOW DOWN. THE FRONT
WILL THEN REACH FROM NEAR BERMUDA TO THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA BY
EARLY WED WHERE IT WILL BECOME STATIONARY AND BEGIN TO DISSIPATE
INTO THU.

.TONIGHT...S OF 27N...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. N OF 27N...SW WINDS
15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING W 10 TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 TO
5 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.MON...SW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING NE IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS
2 TO 4 FT...SUBSIDING TO 2 TO 3 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.MON NIGHT...S OF 27N...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. N OF 27N...N WINDS
10 TO 15 KT...DIMINISHING TO 5 TO 10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO
3 FT. 
.TUE...S OF 27N...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING NE 10 TO 15 KT IN
THE AFTERNOON. N OF 27N...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT...
BUILDING TO 2 TO 4 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. 
.TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.WED...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.THU...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.FRI...NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.