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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
509 AM EDT TUE APR 24 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 1019 MB HIGH AT 28N94W WILL SHIFT SE OVER THE NW
WATERS TONIGHT...THEN MOVE E TO NEAR TAMPA BAY WED NIGHT...AND
TO E OF THE AREA THU WITH A RIDGE EXTENDING W TO THE TEXAS COAST
THROUGH SAT. THE COMBINATION OF THE RIDGE AND DEEPENING LOW PRES
IN THE SOUTHERN PLAINS WILL ALLOW FOR SOUTHERLY RETURN FLOW TO
DEVELOP OVER THE FAR WESTERN GULF BEGINNING TONIGHT...AND SPREAD
E ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA BY FRI WITH LITTLE CHANGE INTO SAT. 

.TODAY...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...DIMINISHING TO 5 TO 10 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT IN N SWELL.
.TONIGHT...N TO NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT IN N SWELL.
.WED...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT IN N SWELL...SUBSIDING TO
2 TO 3 FT IN THE AFTERNOON.
.WED NIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.THU...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.FRI...E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.SAT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...A COLD FRONT EXTENDS FROM 31N68W TO 26N71W THEN
BECOMES STATIONARY TO EASTERN CUBA. THE FRONT WILL GRADUALLY
WEAKEN AS IT REACHES A POSITION FROM NEAR 31N64W TO HISPANIOLA
WED. A SECOND COLD FRONT FROM THE NW BAHAMAS TO WESTERN CUBA
WILL EXTEND FROM 31N70W TO EASTERN CUBA BY EARLY TONIGHT...THEN
MERGE WITH THE FIRST COLD FRONT WED EVENING FROM 28N65W TO
25N64W WHERE IT WILL BECOME STATIONARY TO HISPANIOLA. THE S
PORTION OF THE FRONT WILL THEN MOVE BACK W ACROSS THE SOUTHERN
WATERS AS A TROUGH WED NIGHT. IT WILL REACH EASTERN CUBA THU
THEN BECOME DIFFUSE NEAR CENTRAL CUBA FRI. HIGH PRES WILL SHIFT
E FROM FLORIDA ACROSS THE CENTRAL WATERS WED AND THU...AND TO
THE FAR NE PORTION FRI.  

.TODAY...NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT IN NW SWELL. ISOLATED
SHOWERS.
.TONIGHT...N TO NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT.
.WED...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.WED NIGHT...E TO SE 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 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SAT...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.