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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
416 AM EDT FRI APR 27 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...AN E TO W RIDGE EXTENDING ALONG 27N WILL LIFT N TO
ACROSS THE NORTHERN COASTAL PLAINS ON SAT THEN SHIFT N OF AREA
ON SUN. A BROAD TROUGH WILL MOVE W INTO THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA
SUN AND CONTINUE W TO THE CENTRAL WATERS ON TUE. 

.TODAY...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...INCREASING TO 10 TO 15 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 
.TONIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 
.SAT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND TSTMS. 
.SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 
.SUN...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.MON...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.TUE...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...A RIDGE EXTENDING FROM NEAR BERMUDA TO CENTRAL
FLORIDA WILL SHIFT N TO ALONG 31N ON SAT...THEN WEAKEN AND SHIFT
EASTWARD SUN AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT THAT WILL PASS THROUGH
BERMUDA ON MON...AND STALL OVER THE NE FORECAST WATERS ON TUE. A
BROAD FRONTAL TROUGH OVER THE SE WATERS WILL DISSIPATE TODAY. A
NEW TROUGH WILL DEVELOP IN THE NW BAHAMAS ON SUN AND MOVE W
THROUGH THE FLORIDA STRAITS THROUGH MON NIGHT.   

.TODAY...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 
.TONIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 
.SAT...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 
.SAT NIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...INCREASING TO 15 TO
20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS. 
.SUN...E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.MON...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.TUE...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.