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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
936 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 REINFORCING HIGH PRES WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD SE
ACROSS THE AREA RESULTING IN MODERATE TO STRONG NW TO N WINDS
ACROSS MOST OF THE GULF. HIGH PRES WILL SHIFT E WHILE WEAKENING
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 TUE...
STRETCHING FROM THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE TO SW GULF LATE
TUE...FROM SW FLORIDA TO THE BAY OF CAMPECHE WED MORNING...MOVING 
SE OF THE GULF LATE WED. STRONG NW TO N WINDS AND BUILDING SEAS
WILL ARRIVE BEHIND THE FRONT...DIMINISHING AND SUBSIDING BY THE
END OF THE WEEK.

.TODAY...NW TO N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.TONIGHT...NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...INCREASING TO 20 TO 25 KT
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT IN NW SWELL. 
.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 IN NW SWELL...SUBSIDING TO 5 TO 7 
FT AFTER MIDNIGHT.
.MON...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT IN NW SWELL. 
.TUE...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.WED...NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT.

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...A COLD FRONT FROM 25N65W TO CENTRAL CUBA WILL MEANDER
ACROSS THE 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 SHIFTING 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 THE N 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.

...GALE CONDITIONS EXPECTED N OF 29N WED...

.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 2 TO 4 FT S OF 27N...AND 4 TO 6 FT N OF 27N. 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...EXCEPT 30 TO 35 KT N OF 29N LATE. SEAS
6 TO 10 FT.