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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
404 AM EST THU FEB 28 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...STATIONARY FRONT FROM FLORIDA KEYS ACROSS YUCATAN
PASSAGE TODAY. HIGH PRES BUILDING NW GULF PUSH REINFORCING SURGE
OF COLD AIR ACROSS BASIN TONIGHT MERGING WITH STATIONARY FRONT
OVER FLORIDA AND ACROSS YUCATAN PASSAGE LATE FRI. HIGH PRES
BUILD S BEHIND FRONT WITH STRONG NW TO N WINDS W OF 94W EARLY
FRI SPREADING EASTWARD INTO CENTRAL AND EASTERN GULF OVER
WEEKEND. LONG SUSTAINED FETCH BUILDING SEAS UP TO 15-17 FT BY
LATE SUN. WINDS AND SEAS DIMINISH AS HIGH PRES SHIFT INTO
EASTERN GULF MON. 

.TODAY...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.TONIGHT...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.FRI...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.FRI NIGHT...NW TO N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
SCATTERED SHOWERS. 
.SAT...NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. 
.SUN...NW TO N WINDS 25 TO 30 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. 
.MON...N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...COLD FRONT EXTENDS FROM 31N69W TO NORTHERN BAHAMAS
THEN STATIONARY TO STRAITS OF FLORIDA. COLD FRONT PORTION REACH
FROM BERMUDA TO CENTRAL CUBA LATE TODAY...FROM 27N65W TO EASTERN
CENTRAL CUBA FRI...THEN BECOME STATIONARY ACROSS SE WATERS SAT. 
STRONGER COLD FRONT ENTERS BASIN EARLY SAT AND MERGE WITH
STATIONARY FRONT SUN. STRONG TO NEAR GALE W TO NW WINDS AND SEAS
BUILDING TO 14 FT SPREAD E ACROSS ENTIRE BASIN SUN INTO MON.  

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