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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1050 AM EDT MON APR 16 2012

...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...PRES GRADIENT BETWEEN COLD FRONT ENTERING NW GULF
AND HIGH PRES OVER WESTERN ATLC WHICH HAS PROCUCED VERY STRONG
WINDS AND SEAS TO 10 FT FINALLY RELAXES AS HIGH PRES WEAKENS
SIGNIFICANTLY. COLD FRONT BRIEFLY STALLS OFF TEXAS COAST
TUE...WEAKENS AND SHIFTS NE WED AND WED NIGHT. REMNANTS OF FRONT
DISSIPATE OVER N FLORIDA ON THU AS ATLC RIDGE BUILDS ACROSS
COASTAL PLAINS. 

.THIS AFTERNOON...E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT.
SCATTERED SHOWERS. 
.TONIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS. 
.TUE AND TUE NIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.
SCATTERED SHOWERS. 
.WED THROUGH FRI...SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...SURFACE HIGH PRES CENTER AT 31N67W EXTEND RIDGE
ALONG 31N PRODUCING MODERATE TO FRESH BREEZE E OF 70W WHILE
MODERATE E TO SE FLOW W OF 70W...EXCEPT STRONGER OVER BAHAMAS.
LINGERING NE SWELL S OF 25N E OF BAHAMAS SUBSIDE BELOW 8 FT
THROUGH FRI.

.THIS AFTERNOON...E TO SE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.TONIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.TUE AND TUE NIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.WED THROUGH FRI...SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.