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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
359 AM EST TUE JAN 22 2013

...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...HIGH PRES WILL BUILD N OF THE AREA TODAY INCREASING
THE NORTHERLY WINDS SOME THROUGH WED. SOUTHERLY RETURN FLOW WILL
SET UP OVER THE NW WATERS WED NIGHT AND WILL SPREAD E ACROSS THE
ENTIRE GULF BY FRI. THE NEXT COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE FAR
NW GULF FRI EVENING...REACH FROM N FLORIDA TO SE TEXAS SAT
MORNING...AND STALL FROM TAMPA BAY TO SOUTH TEXAS SAT NIGHT.

.TODAY...N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.TONIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.WED...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS. 
.WED NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS. 
.THU...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.FRI...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.SAT...N TO NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...A WEAKENING STATIONARY FRONT EXTENDING FROM 31N68W
TO SE FLORIDA WILL BE OVERTAKEN BY A REINFORCING COLD FRONT
TODAY. THE MERGED FRONT WILL REACH FROM JUST E OF BERMUDA TO THE
STRAITS OF FLORIDA THIS EVENING...FROM 31N55W TO CENTRAL CUBA
WED EVENING...THEN STALL OVER THE SE WATERS. A SECOND
REINFORCING COLD FRONT WILL ENTER THE NORTHERN WATERS LATE
THU...RACE SE AND MERGE WITH REMNANTS OF THE INITIAL FRONT
ACROSS THE SE WATERS ON FRI. A THIRD COLD FRONT WILL ENTER THE
NW WATERS SAT AND REACH FROM BERMUDA TO E CUBA ON SAT NIGHT.  

.TODAY...NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N...AND N 15 TO 20 KT N OF
27N. S OF 27N...SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. N OF 27N...SEAS 3 TO 5 FT...
BUILDING TO 5 TO 6 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. SCATTERED SHOWERS. 
.TONIGHT...S OF 27N...N TO NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. N OF 27N...N TO
NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT S OF 27N...AND 4 TO 6 FT N OF 27N.
SCATTERED SHOWERS. 
.WED...S OF 27N...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. N OF 27N...N TO NE WINDS
10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING N 5 TO 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 TO
5 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS. 
.WED NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT S OF 27N...AND NW TO N 5 TO
10 KT N OF 27N. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS. 
.THU...N TO NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.FRI...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SAT...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.