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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
856 AM EST WED MAR 6 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...A COLD FRONT EXTENDING FROM SW FLORIDA TO 25N90W TO
23N96W TO 18N95W WILL PUSH SE OF THE GULF TONIGHT. FRESH TO
STRONG WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT WILL DIMINISH TODAY AS HIGH PRES
BUILDS OVER THE NORTHERN GULF. SE RETURN FLOW WILL INCREASE SAT
INTO SUN AHEAD OF ANOTHER FRONT EXCEPTED TO MOVE OFF THE TEXAS
COAST BY LATE SUN. WINDS TO NEAR GALE FORCE WILL FOLLOW THE
SECOND FRONT ALONG THE NE COAST OF MEXICO LATE SUN. 

.TODAY...VARIABLE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING NW 15 TO 20 KT
BEHIND FRONT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT IN NW SWELL...BUILDING TO 4 TO 7 FT
BEHIND FRONT. SCATTERED SHOWERS NEAR FRONT.
.TONIGHT...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT.
.THU...N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...DIMINISHING TO 5 TO 10 KT IN
THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
.THU NIGHT...N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.FRI...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.SAT...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.SUN...E TO SE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...STRONG TO GALE FORCE WINDS ARE ACROSS THE NORTHERN
WATERS NEAR A COLD FRONT EXTENDING FROM 31N77W TO 29N81W. THIS
FRONT WILL REACH FROM 31N69W TO 28N73W TO 25N81W THIS EVENING...
FROM 31N63W TO 27N67W TO 22N78W THU MORNING...FROM 22N65W TO THE
WINDWARD PASSAGE FRI MORNING...SHIFTING E OF THE SW N ATLC SAT. A
LARGE AREA OF NORTHERLY SWELL OF 8 FT OR GREATER WILL ENVELOP THE
AREA OUTSIDE THE BAHAMAS BY LATE FRI.

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

.TODAY...S OF 28N...SW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT...SHIFTING TO W TO NW
BEHIND FRONT. N OF 28N...W WINDS 25 TO 35 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT S OF
27N...AND 6 TO 10 FT N OF 27N. SCATTERED SHOWERS NEAR FRONT.
.TONIGHT...S OF 27N...NW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. N OF 27N...W TO NW
WINDS 25 TO 35 KT...BECOMING NW 15 TO 25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS
3 TO 5 FT S OF 27N...AND 7 TO 10 FT N OF 27N.
.THU...S OF 27N...NW TO N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...DIMINISHING TO
5 TO 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. N OF 27N...NW TO N WINDS 15 TO
20 KT...DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 TO
5 FT S OF 27N...AND 5 TO 7 FT N OF 27N. 
.THU NIGHT...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT S OF 27N...AND
5 TO 7 FT IN NE SWELL N OF 27N. 
.FRI...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.SAT...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT IN NE SWELL. 
.SUN...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 7 TO 11 FT IN NE SWELL.