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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
946 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...WEAKENING STATIONARY FRONT EXTENDS FROM FLORIDA KEYS
TO NEAR 23N90W THIS EVENING AND WILL MEANDER TONIGHT AND TUE. A
COLD FRONT STRETCHES FROM NEAR PENSACOLA FLORIDA TO NEAR 25N95W
TO 19N95W AND WILL MOVE S AND SE ACROSS THE W HALF OF GULF
THROUGH TUE...AND GRADUALLY 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 IN TANDEM...THEN
SHIFT QUICKLY E-NE ACROSS THE N GULF THU AND FRI...DRAGGING THE
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...INCREASING TO 20 TO 25 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...BECOMING E 15 TO 20 KT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT...SUBSIDING TO 3 TO 5 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT.
.WED...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. 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. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.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...SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT OVER THE NW WATERS EXTENDS
FROM 31N71W TO UPPER FLORIDA KEYS THIS EVENING AND WILL REACH
FROM BERMUDA TO STRAITS OF FLORIDA TUE AFTERNOON AND STALL.
REMNANTS OF FRONT WILL SHIFT NORTHWARD WED AND THU IN ADVANCE OF
NEXT FRONTAL SYSTEM IN GULF OF MEXICO...WITH FRESH TO STRONG
SOUTHERLY FLOW DEVELOPING W OF 70W THU. NEXT COLD FRONT WILL MOVE
QUICKLY OFF SE UNITED STATES COAST ON THU EVENING AND REACH FROM
31N70W TO STRAITS OF FLORIDA FRI AFTERNOON...THEN BEGIN TO
DISSIPATE FROM 26N65W TO NW CUBA SAT.

.TONIGHT...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT S OF 27N...AND N 10 TO 15 KT N OF
27N. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS. 
.TUE...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.TUE NIGHT...S OF 27N...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. N OF 27N...NE WINDS
15 TO 20 KT...DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS
2 TO 4 FT...BUILDING TO 3 TO 5 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
.WED...S OF 27N...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...DIMINISHING TO 10 TO
15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. N OF 27N...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO
5 FT...SUBSIDING TO 2 TO 4 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. 
.WED NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.THU...S WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 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.