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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
522 AM EDT SAT APR 21 2012

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

.SYNOPSIS...A COLD FRONT PRECEDED BY SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS
THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDS FROM A 1007 MB LOW OVER SW LOUISIANA SW TO
24N97W. THE FRONT WILL RACE TO A POSITION FROM THE MISSISSIPPI
DELTA TO THE WESTERN BAY OF CAMPECHE EARLY THIS MORNING. THE
FRONT WILL REACH FROM THE FLORIDA BIG BEND TO YUCATAN PENINSULA
BY EARLY SUN WITH LOW PRES DEVELOPING ALONG THE FRONT. THE LOW
WILL REACH TO NEAR 28N86W 1004 MB BY EARLY TONIGHT WITH COLD
FRONT SW TO THE NW YUCATAN PENINSULA...THEN QUICKLY MOVE E
ACROSS N CENTRAL FLORIDA SUN PUSHING THE FRONT SE TO THE STRAITS
OF FLORIDA LATE SUN. A REINFORCING SURGE OF NORTH FLOW WILL PUSH
INTO THE NORTHERN GULF MON THEN DIMINISH TUE AS HIGH PRES BUILDS
OVER THE N CENTRAL GULF...ALLOWING SE RETURN FLOW WILL INCREASE
OVER THE NW GULF WED. 

NORTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO

...GALE WARNING TONIGHT INTO SUN MORNING WITHIN 60 NM FROM
COAST OF S CENTRAL LOUISIANA...

.TODAY...N TO NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 
.TONIGHT...WITHIN 60 NM FROM COAST OF S CENTRAL LOUISIANA N
WINDS 25 TO 30 KT WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO GALE FORCE. ELSWHERE
N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS.
.SUN...WITHIN 60 NM FROM COAST OF S CENTRAL LOUISIANA N WINDS
25 TO 30 KT WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO GALE FORCE IN THE MORNING.
ELSEWHERE N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT.
.SUN NIGHT...N TO NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.MON...N TO NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.TUE...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.WED...SE TO S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 

NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO

...GALE WARNING TONIGHT INTO SUN MORNING WITHIN 60 NM FROM
COAST OF SE LOUISIANA...

.TODAY...W WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING NW 10 TO 15 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 
.TONIGHT...WITHIN 60 NM FROM COAST OF SE LOUISIANA N WINDS 25 TO
30 KT WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO GALE FORCE. ELSEWHERE N TO NW WINDS
15 TO 20 KT...INCREASING TO 20 TO 25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO
4 FT...BUILDING TO 5 TO 7 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND TSTMS.
.SUN...WITHIN 60 NM FROM COAST OF SE LOUISIANA N WINDS 25 TO 30 KT
WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO GALE FORCE IN THE MORNING. ELSEWHERE N TO NW WINDS
20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS.
.SUN NIGHT...N TO NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...DIMINISHING TO 15 TO
20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. 
.MON...N TO NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.TUE...N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.WED...SE TO S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.