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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1020 PM 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 THROUGH TONIGHT WITH ITS TIGHT PRES GRADIENT
PRODUCING MODERATE TO STRONG NW TO N WINDS ACROSS THE GULF
EXCEPT FOR THE FAR WESTERN PORTION. THE HIGH WILL SHIFT E SUN
AND MON WHILE WEAKENING ALLOWING FOR WINDS AND SEAS TO DECREASE
OVER MUCH OF THE AREA. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE OFF THE TEXAS
COAST TUE MORNING... REACH FROM NEAR APALACHICOLA FLORIDA TO THE
SW GULF LATE TUE... FROM NEAR TAMPA FLORIDA TO THE BAY OF
CAMPECHE EARLY WED...AND TO SE OF THE AREA LATE WED. STRONG NW
TO N WINDS AND BUILDING SEAS ARE EXPECTED IN THE WAKE OF THE
FRONT. WINDS AND SEAS SUBSIDE OVER JUST ABOUT THE ENTIRE GULF
THU...EXCEPT IN THE SE PORTION WHERE NW SWELLS WILL LINGER. 

.TONIGHT...NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT IN NW SWELL. 
.SUN...NW TO N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...BECOMING NW 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...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.MON NIGHT...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 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. 
.THU...N TO NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...A STATIONARY FRONT EXTENDS FROM 26N65W TO 25N72W
WHERE IT BECOMES A COLD FRONT TO EASTERN CUBA. A STRONG COLD
FRONT JUST NW OF THE FORECAST WATERS WILL SWEEP ACROSS THE AREA
TONIGHT AND SUN 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 THU AS YET A
STRONGER AND FAST MOVING COLD FRONT SWEEPS THROUGH AREA FOLLOWED
BY STRONG NW WINDS AND BUILDING SEAS.  

.TONIGHT...S OF 27N...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. PATCHES OF
RAIN S OF 27N.
.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...S OF 27N...NW TO N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING N 10 TO
15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. N OF 27N...NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...DIMINISHING
TO 15 TO 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT S OF 27N...AND 5
TO 7 FT N OF 27N.
.MON NIGHT...S OF 27N...N TO NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. N OF 27N...NW
TO N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...DIMINISHING TO 5 TO 10 KT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT S OF 27N...AND 4 TO 6 FT N OF 27N. 
.TUE...SE TO S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.WED...W WINDS 25 TO 30 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.THU...NW TO N WINDS 25 TO 30 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT.