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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
419 AM EST TUE FEB 17 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 COLD FRONT FROM DESTIN FLORIDA TO THE MEXICAN
COAST ALONG 23N WILL STRETCH FROM VENICE FLORIDA TO THE SW GULF
TONIGHT AND PASS SE OF THE AREA WED. A RIDGE WILL MOVE E ACROSS
THE GULF WED THROUGH THU NIGHT BEHIND THE FRONT. SE RETURN FLOW
WILL BUILD IN THE W GULF WED NIGHT...EXPAND E BEHIND THE
RIDGE...AND BECOME FRESH TO STRONG ACROSS THE N GULF FRI INTO SAT.

.TODAY...SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 
.TONIGHT...W WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING NW 15 TO 20 KT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.WED...N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...DIMINISHING TO 15 TO 20 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS. 
.WED NIGHT...N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. 
.THU...N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. 
.THU NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.FRI...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.SAT...E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...GALE FORCE SOUTHERLY FLOW OVER NW WATERS N OF 30N
WILL LINGER THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON IN ADVANCE OF A COLD FRONT.
THE FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE NW PORTION THIS AFTERNOON AND REACH
FROM 31N73W TO THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA WED MORNING WHERE IT WILL
BE REINFORCED BY ANOTHER SURGE OF COLD AIR. GALE FORCE WINDS
SHOULD RETURN AHEAD OF THE FRONT OVER N WATERS DURING THE DAY
WED. THE FRONT WILL LIE FROM NEAR BERMUDA TO EASTERN CUBA WED
NIGHT...FROM 26N65W TO HISPANIOLA THU NIGHT AND FROM WEAKEN OVER
THE SE PORTION FRI NIGHT. STRONG HIGH PRES BEHIND THE FRONT WILL
PASS N OF THE AREA SAT AND SAT NIGHT.

...GALE WARNING...

.TODAY...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N...AND SW 20 TO 25 KT N OF
27N...EXCEPT 25 TO 35 KT N OF 30N. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT S OF 27N...AND
6 TO 8 FT N OF 27N.
.TONIGHT...S OF 27N...SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. N OF 27N...SW WINDS
15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING W 20 TO 25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 TO
5 FT S OF 27N...AND 5 TO 7 FT N OF 27N. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.WED...S OF 27N...NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. N OF 27N...W WINDS 20 TO
25 KT...BECOMING NW 15 TO 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT
S OF 27N...AND 6 TO 8 FT N OF 27N. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
TSTMS. 
.WED NIGHT...S OF 27N...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT... BECOMING NW 20 TO
25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. N OF 27N...NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...
INCREASING TO 25 TO 30 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT S OF
27N...AND 7 TO 10 FT N OF 27N. 
.THU...NW WINDS 25 TO 30 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT S OF 27N...AND 8 TO
11 FT N OF 27N. 
.THU NIGHT...N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT S OF 27N...AND
7 TO 10 FT N OF 27N. 
.FRI...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT S OF 27N...AND 5 TO
7 FT N OF 27N. 
.FRI NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.
.SAT...E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT S OF 27N...AND 6 TO
9 FT N OF 27N. 
.SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT S OF 27N...AND
6 TO 9 FT IN SE SWELL N OF 27N.