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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1024 AM EST SUN MAR 2 2014

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

.SYNOPSIS...A RIDGE OVER THE EASTERN GULF WILL SHIFT EASTWARD
THROUGH EARLY MON IN RESPONSE TO THE NEXT COLD FRONT TO APPROACH
THE AREA. THIS NEXT COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE FAR NW GULF
LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY MON. THE FRONT WILL QUICKLY REACH FROM
SE LOUISIANA TO INLAND NE MEXICO NEAR DAYBREAK MON...FROM THE
FLORIDA BIG BEND TO WESTERN BAY OF CAMPECHE MON EVENING...AND
FROM SW FLORIDA TO A FRONTAL WAVE NEAR 24N96W TO THE CENTRAL BAY
OF CAMPECHE LATE TUE. THE FRONT WILL BEGIN TO LIFT N OVER THE
EASTERN GULF WED AS A LOW PRES DEVELOPS ALONG THE FRONT IN THE
WESTERN GULF. THE LOW PRES IS FORECAST TO MOVE TO THE NE GULF
WITH THE ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT MOVING TO THE YUCATAN PENINSULA
LATE WED. THE LOW AND FRONT WILL MOVE E OF THE AREA ON THU.  

NORTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO

.TODAY...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. AREAS OF FOG IN
THE MORNING.
.TONIGHT...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT...SUBSIDING TO
3 TO 5 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
.MON...N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...EXCEPT N TO NE 20 TO 25 KT W OF 94W. SEAS
4 TO 6 FT BUILDING TO 5 TO 7 FT IN THE AFTERNOON...EXCEPT 7 TO 10
FT W OF 94W.
.MON NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...EXCEPT NE 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7
FT SUBSIDING TO 4 TO 6 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT...EXCEPT 6 TO 9 FT W OF
94W.
.TUE...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.WED...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.THU...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.  

NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO

.TODAY...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT...BUILDING TO 2 TO
3 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. 
.TONIGHT...S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. ISOLATED SHOWERS
AND TSTMS. 
.MON...SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
TSTMS ALONG FRONT.
.MON NIGHT...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT...BUILDING TO
3 TO 5 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
.TUE...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.WED...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.THU...NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.