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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
359 AM EST WED JAN 23 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...A GENTLE TO MODERATE NORTHEASTERLY BREEZE DOMINATES
MUCH OF THE GULF OVERNIGHT. SOUTHERLY RETURN FLOW WILL SET UP
OVER THE WESTERN GULF WED...SPREADING E ACROSS THE ENTIRE GULF
LATE THU INTO FRI. A COLD FRONT WILL CLIP THE NE GULF SAT.
EXPECT INCREASING WINDS OVER THE WEEKEND AS STRONG HIGH PRES
SETTLES OVER THE CAROLINAS. 

.TODAY...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS.
.TONIGHT...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING NE TO E 10 TO 15 KT
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS. 
.THU...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.THU NIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.FRI...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.SAT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.SUN...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...A REINFORCING COLD FRONT EXTENDS FROM 31N64W TO
CENTRAL CUBA. THE FRONT WILL LIE FROM 28N65W TO THE SE BAHAMAS
WED MORNING...STALLING OVER THE SE WATERS BY THU MORNING.
ANOTHER FAST MOVING FRONT WILL DROP S OF 31N THU MORNING...
PUSHING E OF THE AREA FRI. A THIRD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE NW
PORTION SAT MORNING...REACHING FROM 31N75W TO THE CENTRAL
BAHAMAS...THEN FROM 31N58W TO 27N73W SUN MORNING...SHIFTING E OF
THE AREA LATE SUN. EXPECT FRESH TO STRONG WINDS BEHIND THE
SECOND AND THIRD FRONTS.  

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