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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
430 AM EST TUE MAR 5 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 ALONG E CENTRAL FLORIDA COAST
WILL SLIDE E ACROSS THE WESTERN ATLANTIC TODAY ALLOWING FOR
STRONG SOUTHERLY RETURN FLOW OVER THE NW GULF IN ADVANCE OF THE
NEXT COLD FRONT. THE FRONT WILL ENTER THE NW PORTIONS LATE THIS
MORNING...THEN REACH FROM NEAR APALACHICOLA FLORIDA TO NEAR
TUXPAN MEXICO THIS EVENING...FROM NEAR FORT MYERS TO THE FAR SW
GULF WED MORNING...AND TO SE OF THE GULF WED EVENING. HIGH PRES
WAKE OF THE FRONT WILL SHIFT EASTWARD ACROSS THE AREA THU AND
FRI.

.TODAY...SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.TONIGHT...SW TO W WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS. 
.WED...W TO NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...BECOMING NW 15 TO 20 KT IN
THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS. 
.WED NIGHT...NW TO N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.THU...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.FRI...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.SAT...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...A COLD FRONT OVER THE FAR SE WATERS WILL DRIFT SE
INTO N PORTIONS OF THE TROPICAL ATLC WATERS TONIGHT THEN
GRADUALLY DISSIPATE THROUGH LATE WED. A PAIR OF FRONTAL TROUGHS
WILL ROTATE THROUGH NE PORTIONS BEHIND THE FRONT WITH GALE FORCE
WINDS EXPECTED TO SHIFT E OF NE PORTIONS THIS MORNING. ANOTHER
STRONG COLD FRONT WILL ENTER THE NW PORTION LATE
TONIGHT...REACHING FROM NEAR 31N77W TO NEAR MELBOURNE FLORIDA
WED MORNING...FROM 30N65W TO THE SE BAHAMAS THU MORNING...AND
MOVE E OF THE AREA FRI. ANOTHER EPISODE 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 AND
SLOW MOVING LOW PRES N OF THE AREA WHICH WILL BUILD SEAS TO NEAR
20 FT ALONG 29N BY SAT MORNING...WITH LARGE NW SWELL SPREADING
ACROSS ENTIRE AREA FRI THROUGH SAT.  

...GALE WARNING...

.TODAY...S OF 27N...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. N OF 27N...SE TO S
WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING S TO SW 10 TO 15 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.TONIGHT...S OF 27N...E TO SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING S
10 TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. N OF 27N...S TO SW
WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING SW 20 TO 25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT...
SEAS 2 TO 4 FT...BUILDING TO 4 TO 6 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
.WED...S OF 27N...SW TO W WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. N
OF 27N...W WINDS 25 TO 35 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND ISOLATED TSTMS.
.WED NIGHT...S OF 27N...W TO NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. N OF 27N...W
TO NW WINDS 25 TO 30 KT...BECOMING NW 20 TO 25 KT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT S OF 27N...AND 7 TO 10 FT N OF 27N. 
.THU...NW TO N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.FRI...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.SAT...N TO NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT.