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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1017 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 22N94W TO BAY OF CAMPECHE. GALE CONDITIONS CURRENTLY W OF
FRONT SHIFT S AND CONTINUE THROUGH LATE TONIGHT ACROSS SW GULF
WATERS. LOW PRES DEVELOP OVER SW GULF WED AS FRONT DISSIPATES. 
LOW PRES LIFT NE REACHING NE GULF EARLY THU. COLD FRONT MOVE INTO
NW GULF LATE EARLY THU AND RAPIDLY MOVE ACROSS GULF WATERS AND BE
SE OF AREA LATE FRI. HIGH PRES BUILD IN WAKE OF FRONT ACROSS BASIN.

.TODAY...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT INCREASING TO 25 KT LATE.
SEAS 2 TO 4 FT BUILDING TO 6 FT LATE.
.TONIGHT...NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT BECOMING E 15 TO 20 KT LATE.
SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.
.WED...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT DIMINISHING TO 10 KT LATE.
SEAS 4 TO 6 FT SUBSIDING TO 3 FT LATE.
.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 31N68W TO NW BAHAMAS THEN IT
BECOMES STATIONARY TO STRAITS OF FLORIDA. FRONT REACH FROM
BERMUDA TO STRAITS OF FLORIDA LATE TONIGHT WHERE IT STALLS AND
DISSIPATES THROUGH WED. SECOND COLD FRONT MOVE OFF SE UNITED
STATES COAST 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 20 KT LATE.
SEAS 2 TO 3 FT BUILDING TO 5 FT LATE.
.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 KT LATE.
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.