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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1024 AM EST THU FEB 12 2015

...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...WEAK COLD FRONT ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF THIS
MORNING WILL MOVE S-SE AND STALL ACROSS THE NW CARIBBEAN EARLY
SAT...WITH MODERATE TO FRESH N TO NE WINDS BEHIND FRONT.
REINFORCING HIGH PRES WILL BUILD S IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT
THROUGH SAT...THEN SHIFT EASTWARD SUN THROUGH MON NIGHT. THE
PRES GRADIENT BETWEEN THE HIGH PRES AND DEVELOPING LOW PRES OVER
THE CENTRAL UNITED STATES WILL ALLOW FOR INCREASING SLY RETURN
FLOW TO MATERIALIZE OVER MUCH OF THE WESTERN GULF SUN NIGHT
THROUGH MON NIGHT. 

.TODAY...N WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT IN THE MORNING... BECOMING
2 FT OR LESS. 
.TONIGHT...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.FRI...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.FRI NIGHT...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 
.SAT...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 
.SUN...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SUN NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
.MON...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.MON NIGHT...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...LARGE N TO NW SWELL DOMINATE THE ENTIRE AREA THIS
MORNING AND WILL PEAK THROUGH THIS EVENING W OF 70W...THEN
GRADUALLY SUBSIDE AREA WIDE LATE FRI THROUGH LATE SAT. ANOTHER
COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO NW PORTION THIS AFTERNOON AND EXTEND
FROM NEAR 31N64W TO THE CENTRAL BAHAMAS TO WESTERN CUBA BY FRI
NIGHT...THEN BECOME STATIONARY FROM NEAR 26N65W TO SE BAHAMAS
EARLY SAT AND DISSIPATE SUN. ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL MOVE
RAPIDLY ACROSS THE AREA SAT NIGHT THROUGH SUN NIGHT AND WEAKEN
OVER THE FAR SE AND S PORTIONS MON AND MON NIGHT.

.TODAY...S OF 27N...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING N IN THE
AFTERNOON. N OF 27N...NW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING W 10 TO
15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT S OF 27N...AND 9 TO 14 FT
N OF 27N. 
.TONIGHT...S OF 27N...N WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...INCREASING TO 10 TO
15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. N OF 27N...W WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING
NW 20 TO 25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT S OF 27N...AND 7 TO
10 FT N OF 27N. 
.FRI...S OF 27N...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING NW 5 TO 10 KT IN
THE AFTERNOON. N OF 27N...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT S OF
27N...AND 6 TO 8 FT N OF 27N. 
.FRI NIGHT...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT S OF 27N...AND 4 TO
6 FT N OF 27N. 
.SAT...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 3 FT S OF 27N...AND 5 TO
7 FT N OF 27N. 
.SUN...N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 3 FT S OF 27N...AND 6 TO 9 FT N
OF 27N. 
.SUN NIGHT...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT S OF 27N...AND 5 TO
7 FT N OF 27N. 
.MON...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT S OF 27N...AND 4 TO 6 FT
N OF 27N. 
.MON NIGHT...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT S OF 27N...AND 4 TO
6 FT N OF 27N.