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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
426 AM EST SUN FEB 10 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 OVER THE EASTERN GULF WILL SHIFT EASTWARD
THROUGH MON ALLOWING FOR SOUTHERLY FLOW OVER THE WESTERN AND
CENTRAL PORTIONS TO INCREASE WHILE SPREADING E TO THE EASTERN
GULF. A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL MOVE OFF THE TEXAS COAST THIS
EVENING THEN STALL OVER NORTHERN WATERS THROUGH TUE. LOW PRES IS
FORECAST TO FORM ALONG THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY LATE TUE INTO WED.
THE LOW WILL MOVE NE ACROSS THE SE U.S. PUSHING THE FRONT SE
ACROSS THE GULF AS A COLD FRONT TO A POSITION FROM NEAR
APALACHICOLA TO 24N90W TO SW GULF BY EARLY WED THEN WEAKEN TO A
FRONTAL TROUGH AS IT MOVES TO THE FAR SOUTHERN WATERS THU. FRESH
TO OCCASIONALLY STRONG N WINDS AND BUILDING SEAS WILL FOLLOW IN
BEHIND THE FRONT OVER THE WESTERN GULF WED. 

.TODAY...E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT...EXCEPT 4 TO
6 FT STRAITS OF FLORIDA. 
.TONIGHT...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT...EXCEPT 5 TO 7
FT STRAITS OF FLORIDA.
.MON...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT...EXCEPT 4 TO 6 FT
STRAITS OF FLORIDA. 
.MON NIGHT...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...INCREASING TO 10 TO 15 KT
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.TUE...SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.WED...SW TO W WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.THU...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...A DISSIPATING COLD FRONT FROM 26N65W TO THE SE
BAHAMAS WILL BECOME DIFFUSE OVER THE FAR SE WATERS TONIGHT INTO
MON AS STRENGTHENING HIGH PRES BUILDS SE ACROSS THE AREA. THE
RESULTANT PRES GRADIENT WILL INCREASE THE WINDS ALONG WITH
BUILDING SEAS OVER MUCH OF THE AREA THROUGH MON EVENING. THE
HIGH PRES WILL WEAKEN MON AFTERNOON AND TUE AS IT SLIDES
EASTWARD. SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL INCREASE LATE TUE AND WED OVER THE
NW PORTION AHEAD OF LOW PRES THAT TRACKS NE FROM THE GULF OF
MEXICO ACROSS THE SE U.S. THE LOW WILL PUSH A COLD FRONT OFF THE
NE FLORIDA COAST WED AFTERNOON. THE FRONT WILL WEAKEN AS IT
REACHES FROM NEAR 31N66W TO S FLORIDA BY LATE THU. WEAK HIGH PRES
WILL FOLLOW IN BEHIND THE FRONT.

.TODAY...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. ISOLATED SHOWERS S
OF 27N. 
.TONIGHT...S OF 27N...E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. N OF 27N...SE
WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT.
SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. ISOLATED SHOWERS S OF 27N. 
.MON...S OF 27N...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. N OF 27N...SE TO S
WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING S 10 TO 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON.
SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.MON NIGHT...SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.TUE...SE TO S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.WED...S TO SW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.THU...W TO NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.