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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
439 PM EST MON DEC 30 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...STATIONARY FRONT EXTENDS FROM SW FLORIDA TO NEAR
21.5N91W LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL MEANDER TONIGHT AND TUE. A
COLD FRONT OVER THE NW WATERS FROM CENTRAL LOUISIANA COAST TO
1016 MB LOW PRES NEAR 24.5N95.5W TO NEAR 21.5N98W WILL MOVE S
AND SE ACROSS THE W HALF OF GULF THROUGH TUE...AND MERGE WITH
STATIONARY FRONT FROM THE FLORIDA STRAITS TO 22N94W TO CENTRAL
BAY OF CAMPECHE LATE TUE. LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP OVER THE SW
GULF ALONG FRONT ON WED AND LIFT N WITH FRONTAL BOUNDARIES
MOVING N IN TANDEM...THEN SHIFT QUICKLY E-NE ACROSS THE N GULF
THU AND FRI...DRAGGING A COLD FRONT SE ACROSS THE ENTIRE GULF BY
LATE FRI. GALE CONDITIONS CURRENTLY W OF THE COLD FRONT WILL
SHIFT S AND CONTINUE THROUGH LATE TUE ACROSS THE SW GULF WATERS.

.TONIGHT...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.
SCATTERED SHOWERS. 
.TUE...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT...BUILDING TO 4 TO
6 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. 
.TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT...SUBSIDING TO
3 TO 5 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
.WED...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT...SUBSIDING TO 3 TO 5 FT IN THE
AFTERNOON. 
.WED NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.THU...W WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.FRI...NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. 
.SAT...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...A COLD FRONT OVER THE NW WATERS FROM 31N74W TO NEAR
FORT LAUDERDALE FLORIDA LATE THIS AFTERNOON WILL REACH FROM
BERMUDA TO NW CUBA LATE TUE...AND STALL AND GRADUALLY DISSIPATE
FROM 26N65W TO THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA ON WED AND THU. A SECOND
COLD FRONT WILL MOVE OFF SE UNITED STATES COAST ON THU...REACH
FROM 31N73W TO SE FLORIDA ON THU NIGHT...THEN EXTEND FROM 27N65W
TO WESTERN CENTRAL CUBA ON FRI NIGHT.

.TONIGHT...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. SCATTERED SHOWERS. 
.TUE...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT S OF 27N...AND NE 10 TO 15 KT N
OF 27N. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.WED...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.WED NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.THU...SW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.FRI...N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.SAT...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT.