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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
939 PM 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...A WEAK COLD FRONT FROM NE FLORIDA SW TO 27N91W TO
JUST S OF BROWNSVILLE TEXAS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REST OF THE
GULF THROUGH FRI REACHING THE NW CARIBBEAN EARLY SAT...WITH
MODERATE TO FRESH N TO NE WINDS BEHIND IT. REINFORCING HIGH PRES
WILL BUILD SE 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 DEVELOP ACROSS MUCH
OF THE WESTERN GULF SUN NIGHT THROUGH EARLY TUE. A STRONGER COLD
FRONT WILL PUSH INTO THE NW GULF TUE NIGHT FOLLOWED BY VERY
STRONG N WINDS. 

.OVERNIGHT...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...DIMINISHING TO 5 TO 10 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. 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. 
.TUE...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.TUE NIGHT...S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...A COLD FRONT JUST ENTERING THE FAR NW PORTION WILL 
REACH 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. 
INCREASING SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL DEVELOP OVER THE NW PORTION TUE 
AND TUE NIGHT IN ADVANCE OF A STRONGER COLD FRONT. LARGE N TO NW 
SWELLS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE AREA THROUGH TONIGHT W OF 
70W...THEN GRADUALLY SUBSIDE OVER THE ENTIRE BASIN FRI EVENING 
THROUGH SAT NIGHT.

.OVERNIGHT...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 6 TO 8 FT IN NE SWELL S OF 
27N...AND 8 TO 14 FT IN NE SWELL 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 6 TO 9 FT IN
NE SWELL S OF 27N...AND 8 TO 10 FT IN NE SWELL N OF 27N.
.FRI NIGHT...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT.
.SAT...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING NW 5 TO 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON.
SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
.SAT NIGHT...NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT S OF 27N...AND
5 TO 7 FT N OF 27N.
.SUN...N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT S OF 27N...AND 6 TO 9
FT ION NE SWELL N OF 27N.
.SUN NIGHT...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT S OF 27N...AND 5
TO 7 FT N OF 27N.
.MON...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT S OF 27N...AND 4 TO 6
FT N OF 27N.
.MON NIGHT...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT S OF 27N...AND 4
TO 6 FT N OF 27N.
.TUE...SE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT S OF 27N...AND 4 TO 6
FT N OF 27N.
.TUE NIGHT...S WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT S OF 27N...AND 4
TO 6 FT N OF 27N.