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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1015 AM EST TUE FEB 12 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 STATIONARY FRONT EXTENDS ACROSS THE COASTAL
WATERS FROM THE FLORIDA BIG BEND TO THE TEXAS COASTAL BEND TO
DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE INLAND OVER NE MEXICO. THE LOW WILL MOVE
NE ALONG THE FRONT THIS AFTERNOON...THEN MOVE E TONIGHT DRAGGING
A COLD FRONT OFF THE TEXAS COAST REACHING THE CENTRAL GULF
WATERS ON WED. THE COLD FRONT WILL STALL OVER THE SE WATERS LATE
THU. A REINFORCING COLD FRONT WILL ENTER THE N WATERS EARLY
SAT...AND RACE S ABSORBING THE REMNANTS OF THE STATIONARY FRONT
LATE SAT...WITH THE MERGED FRONT MOVING S OF THE AREA SAT
EVENING. RETURN FLOW WILL RESUME THE NW WATERS ON SUN AND INCREASE
ON SUN NIGHT.

.TODAY...SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.TONIGHT...SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.WED...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING S TO SW 15 TO 20 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.WED NIGHT...W WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.THU...N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.FRI...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.SAT...N WINDS 25 TO 30 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL INCREASE ACROSS WATERS N OF THE
BAHAMAS TONIGHT IN ADVANCE OF A STRONG COLD FRONT MOVING OFF THE
GEORGIA COAST ON WED AFTERNOON. THIS COLD FRONT WILL SLOW FROM
31N72W TO SE FLORIDA AT MIDDAY THU...DRIFT SE ON THU NIGHT...
THEN MEANDER FRI INTO EARLY SAT. A STRONGER COLD FRONT WILL MOVE
OFF THE SE GEORGIA COAST SAT MORNING...OVERTAKE REMNANTS OF THE
INITIAL FRONT SAT NIGHT...WITH THE MERGED FRONT REACHING FROM
BERMUDA TO CENTRAL CUBA AROUND SUNRISE SUN.

.TODAY...S OF 27N...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING SE TO S 5 TO
10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. N OF 27N...SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS
3 TO 5 FT. 
.TONIGHT...S OF 27N...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...INCREASING TO 10 TO
15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. N OF 27N...S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING S
TO SW 15 TO 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.WED...S OF 27N...SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. N OF 27N...S TO SW
WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...INCREASING TO 20 TO 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON.
SEAS 2 TO 3 FT S OF 27N...AND 4 TO 6 FT N OF 27N. 
.WED NIGHT...S OF 27N...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. N OF 27N...SW WINDS
20 TO 25 KT...BECOMING W 15 TO 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO
3 FT S OF 27N...AND 4 TO 6 FT N OF 27N. 
.THU...W TO NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.FRI...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. 
.SAT...W TO NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.