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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1002 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 SANIBEL ISLAND FLORIDA TO
NEAR 21N92W THIS EVENING AND WILL MOVE ACROSS SE PORTIONS
OVERNIGHT AND STALL FROM FLORIDA KEYS TO 22N90W MON AFTERNOON. A
SECOND WEAK COLD FRONT WILL MOVE OFF THE TEXAS COAST MON MORNING
AND QUICKLY MOVE SE...MERGING WITH THE STALLED FRONT FROM
FLORIDA KEYS TO 22N95W TO CENTRAL BAY OF CAMPECHE LATE 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 GALES ACROSS PORTIONS OF
THE WESTERN GULF MON NIGHT AND TUE. HIGH PRES BUILDING ACROSS
THE ENTIRE GULF WILL MAINTAIN STRONG NE TO E FLOW N OF FRONT WED
AS FRONT BEGINS TO DRIFT NORTHWARD BEFORE BEING 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. 
.TUE...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...INCREASING TO 20 TO 25 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT...BUILDING TO 4 TO 6 FT IN THE
AFTERNOON. 
.TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. 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...NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.FRI...NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...1031 MB HIGH CENTERED NEAR 35N48W THIS EVENING
EXTENDS SW TO THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA...AND WILL SLIDE EASTWARD
THROUGH TUE WHILE WEAKENING. A COLD FRONT ACROSS GULF OF MEXICO
TONIGHT EXTENDS NE ACROSS CENTRAL FLORIDA AND JUST OFFSHORE OF
THE SE UNITED STATES COAST THIS EVENING...AND WILL REACH FROM
NEAR 31N72W TO SE FLORIDA MON LATE...THEN BEGIN TO SLOW DOWN. THE
FRONT WILL THEN REACH FROM NEAR BERMUDA TO THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA
BY EARLY WED...THEN BEGIN TO LIFT N AS WARM FRONT LATE WED
THROUGH EARLY THU...AHEAD OF NEXT FRONT MOVING ACROSS GULF OF
MEXICO. THIS NEXT FRONT TO MOVE OFF SE U.S. COAST THU AND REACH
FROM NEAR 30N70W TO STRAITS OF FLORIDA FRI MORNING.

.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...S OF 27N...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. N OF 27N...NW 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. SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.MON NIGHT...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT S OF 27N...AND N 10 TO 15 KT N OF
27N. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.TUE...S OF 27N...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING NE 15 TO 20 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 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.THU...SW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.FRI...NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.