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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
335 AM EST TUE DEC 31 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 23N94W TO THE W BAY OF CAMPECHE. GALE CONDITIONS
CURRENTLY W OF THE FRONT WILL SHIFT S AND CONTINUE THROUGH LATE
TONIGHT ACROSS THE SW GULF WATERS. LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP
OVER THE SW GULF AS THE FRONT DISSIPATES ON WED. THE LOW WILL
LIFT NE REACHING THE NE GULF EARLY THU. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE
INTO THE NW GULF LATE WED INTO EARLY THU AND RAPIDLY MOVE ACROSS
THE GULF WATERS AND SE OF THE AREA LATE FRI. HIGH PRESSURE WILL
BUILD IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT. 

.TODAY...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...INCREASING TO 20 TO 25 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT...BUILDING TO 4 TO 6 FT IN THE
AFTERNOON. 
.TONIGHT...NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...BECOMING E 15 TO 20 KT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.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...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.THU...W WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 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...COLD FRONT EXTENDS FROM 31N70W TO THE NW BAHAMAS
WHERE IT BECOMES STATIONARY TO THE FLORIDA STRAITS. THE FRONT
WILL REACH FROM BERMUDA TO STRAITS OF FLORIDA LATE TONIGHT WHERE
IT WILL STALL AND DISSIPATE THROUGH WED. A SECOND COLD FRONT WILL
MOVE OFF THE SE UNITED STATES COAST ON THU AND REACH FROM 31N70W
TO STRAITS OF FLORIDA LATE FRI...THEN BEGIN TO DISSIPATE FROM
26N65W TO NW CUBA SAT.

.TODAY...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT...BUILDING TO 3 TO 5 FT IN THE
AFTERNOON. 
.TONIGHT...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT S OF 27N...AND NE 10 TO 15 KT N
OF 27N. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.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. 
.WED NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.THU...SW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.FRI...N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.SAT...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT.