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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1004 PM EST THU FEB 20 2014

...PLEASE REFER TO COASTAL WATERS FORECASTS (CWF) AVAILABLE
THROUGH NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER MEANS FOR DETAILED
COASTAL WATERS FORECASTS...

.SYNOPSIS...A WEAK COLD FRONT MOVING OFF THE COAST OF TEXAS INTO
THE NW GULF WATERS WILL REACH FROM NEAR PANAMA CITY FLORIDA TO
THE FAR SW GULF FRI MORNING...THEN STALL AND WEAKEN FROM THE
FLORIDA BIG BEND AREA THROUGH THE CENTRAL GULF BY EARLY SAT.
STRONG WINDS WILL FOLLOW THE FRONT OVER THE NW GULF THROUGH
EARLY FRI THEN DIMINISH. THE FRONT WILL DRIFT INTO THE NE GULF
AND BECOME DIFFUSE THROUGH LATE SAT...WITH LIGHT E TO SE FLOW
PERSISTING OVER MOST OF THE GULF INTO MON. ANOTHER FRONT WILL
SKIRT THE NORTHERN GULF MON THEN SHIFT E TUE. 

NORTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO

...DENSE FOG ADVISORY ALONG COAST OF NORTHERN TEXAS...

.TONIGHT...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING NW 25 TO 30 KT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT...BUILDING TO 5 TO 6 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT.
VISIBILITIES LESS THAN 1 NM NEAR SHORE ALONG COAST OF NORTHERN
TEXAS EARLY.
.FRI...NE WINDS 25 TO 30 KT...DIMINISHING TO 15 TO 20 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. SCATTERED TSTMS. 
.FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT...SUBSIDING TO
3 TO 5 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
.SAT...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.SUN...S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.MON...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.TUE...SE WINDS LESS THAN 5 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT.  

NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO

...DENSE FOG ADVISORY ALONG WEST FLORIDA AND ALABAMA COASTS...

.TONIGHT...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT...BUILDING TO 4 TO 5 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT.
VISIBILITY LESS THAN 1 NM ALONG COASTS OF WESTERN FLORIDA
PANHANDLE AND ALABAMA.
.FRI...SW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...BECOMING N 15 TO 20 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 TO 5 FT...BUILDING TO 4 TO 6 FT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SCATTERED TSTMS. 
.FRI NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...DIMINISHING TO 5 TO 10 KT
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT...SUBSIDING TO 3 TO 5 FT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. 
.SAT...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT...SUBSIDING TO 2 TO
3 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. 
.SAT NIGHT...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.SUN...S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.MON...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. 
.TUE...SW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT.