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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
357 AM EST FRI FEB 15 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 STRONG COLD FRONT WILL OVERTAKE A SLOW-MOVING
FRONT FROM KEY WEST TO THE BAY OF CAMPECHE TONIGHT...THEN MOVE
RAPIDLY OUT OF THE REGION. STRONG TO NEAR-GALE N TO NE WINDS ARE
EXPECTED N OF THE STRONGER FRONT. RETURN FLOW WILL SET UP OVER
THE WESTERN GULF SUN AHEAD OF THE NEXT COLD FRONT EXPECTED TO
REACH THE TEXAS COAST LATE MON. 

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

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...A STRONGER REINFORCING COLD FRONT WILL OVERTAKE A
SLOW-MOVING FRONT FROM 31N70W TO S FLORIDA SAT NIGHT...THEN
STALL AND WEAKEN FROM 22N65W TO THE WINDWARD PASSAGE SUN NIGHT.
GALE FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED N OF 26N BEHIND THE FRONT SAT
NIGHT THROUGH SUN NIGHT. HIGH PRES BUILDS ACROSS THE AREA MON
AND TUE.  

...GALE CONDITIONS EXPECTED SAT NIGHT AND SUN...

.TODAY...S OF 27N...SW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. N OF 27N...N TO NE
WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS.
.TONIGHT...W WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS. 
.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. SCATTERED SHOWERS. 
.SAT NIGHT...S OF 27N...W TO NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...BECOMING NW
25 TO 30 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT...BUILDING TO 5 TO
7 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. N OF 27N...W TO NW WINDS 25 TO 35 KT. SEAS
6 TO 8 FT... BUILDING TO 9 TO 14 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT.
.SUN...N WINDS 25 TO 35 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. 
.MON...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.TUE...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.