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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1027 PM EDT MON APR 23 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 REINFORCING DRY COLD FRONT CURRENTLY MOVING ACROSS
THE SE AND SOUTH-CENTRAL WATERS WILL MOVE SE OF AREA LATE
TONIGHT. A SURFACE HIGH WILL SHIFT SE OVER THE NW WATERS
TONIGHT...AND MOVE E TO NEAR TAMPA BAY WED WITH A STATIONARY
RIDGE EXTENDING W TO THE TEXAS COASTAL BEND THROUGH FRI.
SOUTHERLY RETURN FLOW WILL DEVELOP OVER THE W WATERS TUE
NIGHT...AND SPREAD E ACROSS THE ENTIRE GULF BY THU WITH LITTLE
CHANGE THROUGH FRI. 

.OVERNIGHT...N TO NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. 
.TUE...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...DIMINISHING TO 5 TO 10 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.TUE NIGHT...N WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.WED...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT...SUBSIDING TO 2 TO
3 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. 
.WED NIGHT...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING E TO SE 10 TO 15 KT
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.THU...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.FRI...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.SAT...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...A COLD FRONT EXTENDING FROM 31N68W TO THE EASTERN
CUBA WILL REACH A POSITION FROM 31N63W TO HISPANIOLA TUE
EVENING. A REINFORCING FRONT CURRENTLY MOVING ACROSS THE GULF OF
MEXICO WILL EXTEND FROM 31N70W TO EASTERN CUBA TUE EVENING. BOTH
FRONTS WILL MERGE WED EVENING EXTENDING FROM 31N65W TO 23N65W
WHERE IT WILL BECOME STATIONARY STRETCHING TO HISPANIOLA. THE S
PORTION OF THE FRONT WILL DRIFT W WED NIGHT THROUGH FRI. HIGH
PRES WILL SHIFT E FROM FLORIDA ACROSS THE CENTRAL WATERS WED AND
THU...AND TO THE FAR NE PORTION FRI.  

.OVERNIGHT...W TO NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.TUE...NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.TUE NIGHT...N TO NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.WED...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...DIMINISHING TO 5 TO 10 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.WED NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.THU...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.FRI...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.SAT...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.