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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
936 AM EST WED FEB 13 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 COLD FRONT EXTENDING FROM THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE
THROUGH 26N91W TO 21N97W WILL REACH FROM TAMPA BAY FLORIDA
THROUGH 24N90W TO 18N95W THIS EVENING...STALLING OVER THE FAR SE
GULF THU MORNING THROUGH FRI. A REINFORCING COLD FRONT WILL
ENTER THE N GULF LATE FRI NIGHT MERGING WITH THE OLD FRONT. THE
NEW FRONT WILL RAPIDLY MOVE THROUGH THE GULF...PUSHING S OF THE
AREA BY SAT EVENING. RETURN FLOW WILL SET UP OVER THE WESTERN
GULF SUN...INCREASING AND SPREADING E BY LATE SUN. 

.TODAY...S TO SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.TONIGHT...SW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING NW 10 TO 15 KT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.THU...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING NE TO E 10 TO 15 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.THU NIGHT...N TO NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING NE TO E 10 TO
15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.FRI...N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SAT...N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.SUN...NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...FRESH TO STRONG SOUTHERLY FLOW IN THE NW PORTION
WILL PERSIST AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT. THE FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE
AREA LATER TODAY...REACHING FROM 31N79W TO CAPE CANAVERAL
FLORIDA THIS EVENING...THEN FROM 31N70W TO S FLORIDA THU EVENING
WHERE IT WILL STALL. A STRONGER REINFORCING COLD FRONT WILL
OVERTAKE THE OLD FRONT...REACHING FROM 31N68W TO EASTERN CUBA
SAT EVENING...THEN FROM 28N65W TO THE WINDWARD PASSAGE SUN
MORNING.  

...GALE CONDITIONS EXPECTED SUNDAY...

.TODAY...S OF 27N...SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.
N OF 27N...S TO SW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.TONIGHT...S OF 27N...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. N OF
27N...SW TO W WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.THU...S OF 27N...S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. N OF 27N...NW WINDS 10 TO
15 KT...DIMINISHING TO 5 TO 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 1 TO
2 FT S OF 27N...AND 4 TO 6 FT N OF 27N. 
.THU NIGHT...W TO NW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...SHIFTING TO NE AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.FRI...NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.SAT...NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.SUN...N WINDS 25 TO 35 KT N OF 29N...AND 20 TO 30 KT ELSEWHERE.
SEAS 6 TO 9 FT.