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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
512 AM EDT SUN APR 22 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...LOW PRES NEAR 29N85W 1002 MB EXTENDS A COLD FRONT S
TO 25N85W AND SW TO INLAND THE NE YUCATAN PENINSULA. THE LOW
WILL MOVE NE INLAND N FLORIDA TODAY PUSHING THE COLD FRONT TO SE
OF THE AREA BY EARLY THIS EVENING. FRESH TO STRONG NORTHERLY
WINDS OVER MUCH OF THE GULF IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT WILL SLOWLY
DIMINISH FROM W TO E THROUGH MON NIGHT WITH INCREASING SE FLOW
RETURNING TO THE NW WATERS TUE AND SPREADING E ACROSS THE ENTIRE
GULF BY LATE WED AS HIGH PRES MOVES E ACROSS THE AREA WHILE IT
INTERACTS WITH DEEPENING LOW PRES OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. 

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

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...SOUTHERLY WINDS ARE INCREASING OVER THE WATERS W OF
71W AHEAD OF A STRENGTHENING LOW PRES SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED COLD
FRONT OVER THE EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO. THE COLD FRONT WILL MOVE
OFF THE SE UNITED STATES COAST THIS MORNING AS THE LOW TRACKS NE
ALONG THE SAME COAST WHILE INTENSIFYING. THE FRONT WILL REACH
FROM 31N78W TO WESTERN CUBA EARLY TONIGHT...FROM 31N74W TO
CENTRAL CUBA EARLY MON...THEN BEGIN TO SLOW DOWN AS IT REACHES
FROM NEAR 31N70W TO WINDWARD PASSAGE MON EVENING...FROM 31N68W
TO HAITI EARLY TUE...FROM 26N65W TO THE DOMINICAN MONA PASSAGE
BY EARLY WED. THE FRONT WILL WEAKEN TO A TROUGH OVER THE SE
WATERS LATE WED INTO THU AS IT THEN BEGINS TO MOVE BACK W.  

.TODAY...SW TO W WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 
.TONIGHT...W TO NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS. 
.MON...W TO NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.MON NIGHT...W TO NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT.
SCATTERED SHOWERS. 
.TUE...NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.WED...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.THU...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.