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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1020 AM EST FRI MAR 1 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...COLD FRONT FROM STRAITS OF FLORIDA TO THE BAY OF
CAMPECHE WILL DRIFT SE AND REACH THE YUCATAN CHANNEL THIS
EVENING THEN SHIFT SE INTO NW CARIBBEAN SAT. STRONG HIGH PRES
WILL BUILD SE ACROSS THE AREA BEHIND THE FRONT THROUGH SAT WITH
MODERATE TO STRONG NW TO N WINDS. HIGH SHIFTS E AND WEAKENS SUN
AND MON...ALLOWING WINDS AND SEAS TO DECREASE OVER MUCH OF THE
AREA. A SECOND COLD FRONT WILL MOVE OFF THE TEXAS COAST MON
NIGHT AND REACH FROM WESTERN FLORIDA TO SW GULF LATE TUE.  

.THIS AFTERNOON...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.TONIGHT...NW TO N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.SAT...NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...INCREASING TO 20 TO 25 KT
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. 
.SUN...NW TO N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. 
.MON...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.TUE...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...A FRONTAL BOUNDARY EXTENDS FROM 27N65W SW ACROSS THE
BAHAMAS TO CENTRAL CUBA...WHILE A REINFORCING COLD FRONT EXTENDS
FROM NEAR BERMUDA THROUGH THE N BAHAMAS AND STRAITS OF FLORIDA.
BOTH BOUNDARIES WILL DRIFT SE THROUGH SAT THEN MEANDER ACROSS
CENTRAL BAHAMAS AND E CUBA SAT NIGHT THEN MOVE INTO SE PORTIONS
LATE SUN. A NEW COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP ACROSS THE AREA AND MERGE
WITH THE FIRST COLD FRONT OVER THE SE PORTION SUN NIGHT AND MON
THEN SHIFT E OF AREA TUE.  

.THIS AFTERNOON...S OF 27N...NW WINDS 10 KT. N OF 27N...W TO NW
WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT S OF 27N AND 4 TO 6 FT N OF 27N.
.TONIGHT...NW TO N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N AND W TO NW 15 TO
20 KT N OF 27N. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
.SAT...S OF 27N...NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. N OF 27N...W TO NW WINDS
15 TO 20 KT...INCREASING TO 20 TO 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS
3 TO 5 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...S OF 27N...NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING W TO NW
10 TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. N OF 27N...W TO NW WINDS 20 TO 25 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 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.TUE...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.