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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
933 AM EST MON MAR 4 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...HIGH PRES CENTERED OVER THE NE GULF WILL SLIDE E
THROUGH TONIGHT ALLOWING FOR SOUTHERLY RETURN FLOW OVER THE NW
GULF TO STRENGTHEN IN ADVANCE OF THE NEXT COLD FRONT. THE FRONT
WILL ENTER THE NW PORTION LATE TUE MORNING...REACHING FROM NEAR
APALACHICOLA FLORIDA TO NEAR TAMPICO MEXICO TUE EVENING...FROM
NEAR FORT MYERS TO THE FAR SW GULF WED MORNING...MOVING SE OF
THE GULF WED EVENING. HIGH PRES IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT WILL
SHIFT EASTWARD ACROSS THE AREA THU AND FRI. 

.TODAY...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 5 TO 8 FT IN NW SWELL...
SUBSIDING TO 3 TO 5 FT IN THE AFTERNOON.
.TONIGHT...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING SE 10 TO 15 KT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT IN NW SWELL. 
.TUE...SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.TUE NIGHT...SW TO W WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.WED...NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT.
.THU...N TO NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.FRI...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...A COLD FRONT FROM 22N65W TO THE MONA PASSAGE WILL
SHIFT E OF THE AREA BY TUE NIGHT. A PAIR OF FRONTAL TROUGHS WILL
ROTATE THROUGH THE AREA BEHIND THE FRONT WITH GALE FORCE WINDS
EXPECTED N OF 28N IN AMZ113 AND AMZ115 THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. ANOTHER STRONG COLD FRONT WILL ENTER THE NW PORTION
LATE TUE NIGHT... REACHING FROM 31N77W TO NEAR MELBOURNE FLORIDA
WED MORNING...FROM 30N65W TO THE SE BAHAMAS THU MORNING...MOVING
E OF THE AREA FRI. ANOTHER ROUND OF GALE FORCE WINDS ARE
EXPECTED ACROSS THE WATERS N OF 28N AHEAD OF AND BEHIND THE
FRONT WED THROUGH THU. THIS FRONT WILL STEM FROM DEEPENING SLOW
MOVING LOW PRES N OF THE AREA WHICH WILL BUILD SEAS TO NEAR
20 FT ALONG 31N BY THE END OF THE WEEK.  

...GALE WARNING N OF 28N...

.TODAY...S OF 27N...NW TO N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING N
10 TO 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. N OF 27N...NW
WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...DIMINISHING TO 15 TO 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON.
SEAS 6 TO 9 FT WITH NW TO N SWELL...SUBSIDING TO 5 TO 7 FT IN THE
AFTERNOON.
.TONIGHT...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING N TO NE 5 TO 10 KT
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT WITH NW TO N SWELL...SUBSIDING TO
2 TO 4 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT.
.TUE...S OF 27N...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. N OF 27N...N WINDS LESS
THAN 5 KT...BECOMING S TO SW 10 TO 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS
2 TO 4 FT IN NW TO N SWELL. 
.TUE NIGHT...S OF 27N...SE TO S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO
3 FT. N OF 27N...S TO SW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING SW 20 TO
25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT...EXCEPT 25 TO 35 KT N OF 28N. SEAS 2 TO 3
FT...BUILDING TO 4 TO 6 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT.
.WED...SW WINDS 25 TO 30 KT...EXCEPT 30 TO 35 KT N OF 28N. WINDS
SHIFTING TO W TO NW BEHIND FRONT. SEAS 5 TO 8 FT.
.THU...NW TO N WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT.
.FRI...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT IN NW TO N SWELL.