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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
511 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...

SOUTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO

.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. 

.TODAY...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING SW 15 TO 20 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 
.TONIGHT...SW TO W WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING W 20 TO 25 KT
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 
.SUN...W TO NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS. 
.SUN NIGHT...NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...BECOMING N TO NW 15 TO 20 KT
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS. 
.MON...N TO NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. 
.TUE...N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.WED...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...INCREASING SOUTHERLY WINDS OVER THE WATERS W OF 75W
WILL CONTINUE TODAY AHEAD OF A LOW PRES SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED
COLD FRONT W OF THE AREA. THE COLD FRONT WILL MOVE OFF THE SE
UNITED STATES COAST EARLY SUN AS THE LOW TRACKS NE ALONG THE
COAST AND DEEPENS. THE FRONT WILL REACH FROM 31N74W TO CENTRAL
CUBA AROUND SUNRISE MON...THEN WEAKEN AS IT REACHES FROM 31N68W
TO THE WINDWARD PASSAGE EARLY TUE...FROM 24N65W TO THE EASTERN
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC BY EARLY WED BEFORE BECOMING DIFFUSE OVER THE
FAR SE WATERS WED AS HIGH PRES BUILDS W TO E ALONG 28N.  

.TODAY...SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT
IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 
.TONIGHT...S WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 
.SUN...SW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND TSTMS. 
.SUN NIGHT...W WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING W TO NW 20 TO 25 KT
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS. 
.MON...W TO NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.TUE...N TO NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.WED...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.