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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1050 PM EDT TUE APR 17 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...COLD FRONT FROM NEAR MOBILE BAY TO NEAR 20N96W WILL
SLOWLY WEAKEN AND BECOME STATIONARY AS IT REACHES FROM THE FAR
WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE TO THE EASTERN BAY OF CAMPECHE WED.
WEAK LOW PRES WILL FORM ALONG THE FRONT AND TRACK NE THROUGH WED
NIGHT PULLING THE WEAKENING FRONTAL TROUGH SOME TO THE E BEFORE
DISSIPATING OVER NE WATERS THU. ATLC HIGH PRES WILL EXTEND W
INTO GULF LATE THU THROUGH LATE FRI. A STRONG COLD FRONT IS
FORECAST TO ENTER THE NW WATERS SAT FOLLOWED BY STRONG OFFSHORE
FLOW. 

.OVERNIGHT...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KT
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS. 
.WED...SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS. 
.WED NIGHT...SE TO S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS. 
.THU...S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS. 
.THU NIGHT...NW WINDS LESS THAN 5 KT...BECOMING SE TO S AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS. 
.FRI...SE TO S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. 
.SAT...S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SUN...SW TO W WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. 

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...1023 MB HIGH NEAR 30N75W WITH WEAK RIDGE SE TO
24N65W WILL REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY AND WEAKEN THROUGH THU AS A
WEAK FRONT MOVES INTO THE FAR NW PORTION. THE FRONT WILL THEN
LIFT BACK N AS A WARM FRONT LATE THU INTO LATE FRI AS STRONGER
RIDGE BUILDS FROM NEAR BERMUDA TO CENTRAL FLORIDA FRI AND SAT. A
FRONTAL TROUGH WILL SWEEP S ACROSS THE FAR NE WATERS THROUGH
EARLY TONIGHT.

.OVERNIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.WED...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...INCREASING TO 10 TO 15 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.WED NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.THU...SE TO S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS. 
.THU NIGHT...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING SE TO S 10 TO 15 KT
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 
.FRI...SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SAT...SE TO S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SUN...S WINDS 25 TO 30 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT.