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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
428 PM EST WED FEB 27 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 FROM THE FLORIDA KEYS TO INLAND
THE NE YUCATAN PENINSULA WILL DRIFT SE THROUGH THU NIGHT. A COLD
FRONT EXTENDING FROM NE TEXAS TO BROWNSVILLE WILL QUICKLY MOVE
ACROSS THE GULF AND REACH THE FAR SE WATERS BY THU EVENING AS IT
WEAKENS. THIS FRONT WILL BE FOLLOWED BY STRENGTHENING HIGH PRES
THAT BUILDS ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA THROUGH SAT...AND BRING
MODERATE TO STRONG NW TO N WINDS ALONG WITH BUILDING SEAS. WINDS
AND SEAS DECREASE OVER MOST OF THE GULF ON SUN EXCEPT FOR THE
EASTERN PORTION WHERE A TIGHT PRES GRADIENT WILL LINGER INTO
MON. 

.TONIGHT...NW TO N WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS FAR SE PART. 
.THU...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS FAR
SE PART. 
.THU NIGHT...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS FAR SE PART. 
.FRI...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. ISOLATED SHOWERS FAR
SE PART. 
.FRI NIGHT...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING NW TO N 10 TO 15 KT
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SAT...NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.SUN...NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. 
.MON...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...A COLD FRONT EXTENDING FROM 31N74W TO THE FLORIDA
KEYS WILL REACH FROM NEAR BERMUDA TO WESTERN CUBA THU...FROM
27N65W TO EASTERN CUBA FRI...THEN BECOME STATIONARY ACROSS SE
WATERS SAT. A STRONGER COLD FRONT WILL QUICKLY MOVE ACROSS THE
REGION LATE SAT AND MERGE WITH THE STATIONARY FRONT SUN. STRONG
W TO NW WINDS AND BUILDING SEAS WILL SPREAD SE ACROSS JUST ABOUT
THE ENTIRE AREA SUN INTO MON.  

.TONIGHT...S OF 27N...SW TO W WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. N OF 27N...SW TO
W WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING W 10 TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS
2 TO 4 FT S OF 27N...AND 5 TO 7 FT N OF 27N. ISOLATED SHOWERS N
OF 27N. 
.THU...W TO NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT S OF 27N...AND
4 TO 6 FT N OF 27N. ISOLATED SHOWERS N OF 27N.
.THU NIGHT...S OF 27N...NW TO N WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3
FT. N OF 27N...W TO NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT.
ISOLATED SHOWERS N OF 27N.
.FRI...S OF 27N...NW TO N WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. N
OF 27N...W TO NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.
.FRI NIGHT...NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SAT...NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SUN...W TO NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.MON...NW TO N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT.