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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
359 PM EST THU FEB 14 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 EXTENDS FROM SOUTH FLORIDA TO THE BAY
OF CAMPECHE. THIS FRONT WILL DRIFT SLOWLY EAST OVERNIGHT AND
STALL FROM THE FLORIDA BAY TO THE CENTRAL YUCATAN FRI MORNING. 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 AND MON AHEAD OF THE NEXT COLD FRONT TO
MOVE INTO THE GULF WATERS ON TUE MORNING. THIS FRONT WILL EXTEND
FROM THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE TO SOUTH TEXAS TUE NIGHT. 

.TONIGHT...N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.FRI...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.FRI NIGHT...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.SAT...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING NW TO N 15 TO 20 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT...BUILDING TO 3 TO 5 FT IN THE
AFTERNOON. 
.SAT NIGHT...NW TO N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. 
.SUN...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.MON...E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.TUE...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...A COLD FRONT EXTENDING FROM 31N68W TO S FLORIDA WILL
STALL THIS EVENING. A STRONGER REINFORCING COLD FRONT WILL
OVERTAKE THE OLD FRONT EXTENDING FROM 31N70W TO CENTRAL CUBA SAT
EVENING...FROM 31N64W TO THE WINDWARD PASSAGE SUN MORNING...
THEN STALL FROM 22N65W TO THE WINDWARD PASSAGE SUN NIGHT WHERE
IT WILL SLOWLY DISSIPATE THROUGH TUE. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD
IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT.   

...GALE CONDITIONS EXPECTED FROM SATURDAY NIGHT
THROUGH SUNDAY...

.TONIGHT...S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT S OF 27N...AND N 10 TO 15 KT N OF
27N. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.FRI...S OF 27N...SW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. N OF 27N...N TO NE WINDS
10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING N 5 TO 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 TO
3 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.FRI NIGHT...W WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.SAT...S OF 27N...W WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. N OF 27N...NW WINDS 5 TO
10 KT...BECOMING W TO NW 10 TO 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 TO
4 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...S OF 27N...W TO NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING NW
20 TO 25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT...BUILDING TO 5 TO
7 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. N OF 27N...W TO NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...
BECOMING NW 25 TO 30 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT...
BUILDING TO 8 TO 13 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
.SUN...N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. 
.MON...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.TUE...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.