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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1032 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...A COLD FRONT WILL PASS THROUGH THE FLORIDA STRAITS
THIS EVENING. FRESH TO STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS 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 A RIDGE DEVELOPS FROM
TAMPA BAY TO THE TEXAS COASTAL BEND. 

.THIS AFTERNOON...W TO NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...BECOMING NW 15 TO
20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS. 
.TONIGHT...NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...BECOMING N TO NW 15 TO 20 KT
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS. 
.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.
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...A SURFACE LOW WILL RACE NE ALONG THE COAST OF
FLORIDA AND GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON DRAGGING A COLD FRONT TO
POSITION FROM 31N76W TO NW CUBA EARLY TONIGHT. THE FRONT WILL
REACH FROM 31N74W TO CENTRAL CUBA MON...REACH FROM NEAR 31N70W
TO WINDWARD PASSAGE MON EVENING...FROM 31N68W TO HAITI EARLY TUE
AND FROM 26N65W TO THE MONA PASSAGE WED. THE FRONT WILL WEAKEN
TO A TROUGH OVER THE SE WATERS LATE WED INTO THU AS IT THEN
BEGINS TO MOVE BACK W.  

.THIS AFTERNOON...SW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 
.TONIGHT...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. 
.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 4 TO 6 FT. 
.WED...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.THU...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.