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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1015 AM EST SAT FEB 16 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 VIGOROUS COLD FRONT EXTENDING FROM N FLORIDA TO NE
MEXICO WILL RAPIDLY DIVE SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE GULF REACHING FROM
S FLORIDA TO THE BAY OF CAMPECHE THIS EVENING THEN QUICKLY PUSH
SE OF THE GULF TONIGHT. FRESH TO NEAR-GALE FORCE WINDS ARE
EXPECTED BEHIND THE FRONT. HIGH PRES WILL BUILD IN THE WAKE OF
THE FRONT TONIGHT. SLY RETURN FLOW WILL SET UP OVER THE WESTERN
GULF SUN AND SPREAD E AND INCREASE THROUGH MON. A WEAKER COLD
FRONT WILL REACH THE NW GULF TUE.

.TODAY...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING NW 20 TO 25 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT...BUILDING TO 4 TO 6 FT IN THE
AFTERNOON. 
.TONIGHT...NW TO N WINDS 25 TO 30 KT...BECOMING N 20 TO 25 KT
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. 
.SUN...N TO NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT...SUBSIDING TO
5 TO 7 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. 
.SUN NIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.MON...E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.TUE...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.WED...NE TO E 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 31N73W TO WESTERN CUBA
WILL MERGE WITH A REINFORCING FRONT NOW MOVING OFF THE SE U.S.
COAST. THE MERGED COLD FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM 31N75W TO CENTRAL
CUBA THIS EVENING...FROM 31N66W TO THE WINDWARD PASSAGE SUN
MORNING...AND FROM 23N65W TO HISPANIOLA MON MORNING...THEN STALL
AND DISSIPATE MON NIGHT. GALE FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED N OF 27N
W OF THE FRONT BY THIS EVENING AND SPREAD EASTWARD TO 65W
THROUGH SUN EVENING. LARGE NW SWELL TO 16 FT ALONG 31N WILL
FOLLOW THE FRONT...SLOWLY SUBSIDING EARLY NEXT WEEK. HIGH PRES
WILL BUILD BEHIND THE FRONT SUN NIGHT. A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL
REACH THE NW PORTION WED.  

...GALE WARNING...

.TODAY...S OF 27N...W WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...INCREASING TO 10 TO
15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. N OF 27N...NW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...
BECOMING W 15 TO 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.
SCATTERED SHOWERS. 
.TONIGHT...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 6 TO
8 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. N OF 27N...W TO NW WINDS 30 TO 35 KT. SEAS
6 TO 9 FT...BUILDING TO 9 TO 14 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
.SUN...S OF 27N...NW TO N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...BECOMING N 15 TO
20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT...SUBSIDING TO 5 TO 7 FT
IN THE AFTERNOON. N OF 27N...NW WINDS 25 TO 30 KT...BECOMING NW
TO N 20 TO 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 9 TO 14 FT...SUBSIDING
TO 7 TO 10 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. 
.SUN NIGHT...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING N TO NE 10 TO 15 KT
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.MON...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.TUE...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.WED...N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.