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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1013 AM EST SAT FEB 2 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 PRESSURE OVER SE GEORGIA DOMINATES THE FLOW IN
THE GULF TODAY. A COLD FRONT WILL RACE S ACROSS THE EASTERN GULF
SUN. HIGH PRESSURE SHIFTS E ACROSS THE GULF ON SUN AND
MON...THEN WEAKENS MON NIGHT IN ADVANCE OF A WEAK COLD FRONT
THAT MOVES INTO THE NW GULF BY TUE MORNING...REACHES FROM THE
FLORIDA BIG BEND TO 25N90W EARLY WED AND DISSIPATES SE OF THE
AREA WED NIGHT. A NEW FRONT APPROACHES THE TEXAS COAST WED
NIGHT. 

.TODAY...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KT
IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.TONIGHT...N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.SUN...N TO NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.SUN NIGHT...N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.MON...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.TUE...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.WED...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...A COLD FRONT IS STALLING FROM 26N65W TO E CUBA WHILE
A SECOND COLD FRONT LIES FROM 31N69W TO THE NORTHERN BAHAMAS.
THESE FRONTS WILL RETROGRADE NORTHWARD OVER THE WEEKEND UNTIL
THEY ARE ABSORBED BY A THIRD COLD FRONT THAT WILL MOVE OFF THE
NE FLORIDA COAST TONIGHT. A SINGLE COLD FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM
BERMUDA TO E CUBA LATE SUN...REACH FROM 24N65W TO WINDWARD
PASSAGE ON MON...THEN GRADUALLY DISSIPATE OVER THE WATERS S OF
24N THROUGH WED. HIGH PRES BUILDS ALONG 27N TUE. A WEAK COLD
FRONT MOVES OFF THE NE FLORIDA COAST ON WED.  

.TODAY...S OF 27N...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING NE TO E
10 TO 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. N OF 27N...NE TO E WINDS 5 TO
10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.TONIGHT...S OF 27N...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING NE
5 TO 10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. N OF 27N...SE WINDS LESS THAN 5 KT...
BECOMING W AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.SUN...S OF 27N...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. N OF 27N...W TO NW WINDS
15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING NW 20 TO 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS
2 TO 4 FT S OF 27N...AND 5 TO 7 FT N OF 27N. 
.SUN NIGHT...S OF 27N...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. N
OF 27N...NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.MON...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.TUE...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.WED...N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.