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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
414 AM EST SAT MAR 2 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 AND REINFORCING HIGH PRES WILL BUILD SE ACROSS
THE AREA TODAY AND RESULT IN MODERATE TO STRONG NW TO N WINDS
ACROSS MOST OF THE GULF....WITH BUILDING SEAS BY AFTERNOON. THE
HIGH PRES WILL SHIFT EASTWARD AND WEAKEN SUN AND MON...ALLOWING
FOR WINDS AND SEAS TO DECREASE OVER MUCH OF THE AREA. A NEW COLD
FRONT WILL MOVE OFF THE TEXAS COAST EARLY TUE...REACHING A
POSITION FROM THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE TO SW GULF LATE
TUE...THEN QUICKLY RACE SE TO E OF FLORIDA EARLY ON
WED...FOLLOWED BY STRONG NW TO N WINDS AND BUILDING SEAS.
CONDITIONS WILL SUBSIDE BY LATE WED AS HIGH PRES IN ITS WAKE
SLIDES E.

.TODAY...NW TO N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...BECOMING NW 15 TO 20 KT IN
THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT...BUILDING TO 6 TO 8 FT IN THE
AFTERNOON. 
.TONIGHT...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...DIMINISHING TO 15 TO 20 KT IN
THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. 
.SUN NIGHT...NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING NW TO N 10 TO 15 KT
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT...SUBSIDING TO 5 TO 7 FT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. 
.MON...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.TUE...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.WED...NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...A COLD FRONT FROM 25N65W TO CENTRAL CUBA WILL
MEANDER ACROSS CENTRAL BAHAMAS TODAY. A STRONGER 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. WEAK
HIGH PRES WILL QUICKLY SHIFT E ALONG 28N TUE AND WED ALLOWING
FOR SW WINDS TO SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASE OVER THE NW PORTION
TUE...AND THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF NORTHERN PORTION OF THE AREA
THROUGH WED AS YET A STRONGER AND FAST MOVING COLD FRONT SWEEPS
THROUGH AREA FOLLOWED BY STRONG NW WINDS AND BUILDING SEAS.  

.TODAY...S OF 27N...NW TO N 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. SCATTERED SHOWERS. 
.TONIGHT...NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT S OF 27N...AND W TO NW 20 TO
25 KT N OF 27N. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.SUN...S OF 27N...W TO NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. N
OF 27N...W TO NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.SUN NIGHT...NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT S OF 27N...AND W TO NW 20 TO
25 KT N OF 27N. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.MON...NW TO N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.TUE...SE TO S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.WED...W WINDS 25 TO 30 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT.