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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1059 AM EST THU MAR 7 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 IS BUILDING OVER THE NORTHERN GULF WATERS
BEHIND A FRONTAL BOUNDARY THAT PUSHED THROUGH MOST OF THE GULF
YESTERDAY. THE FRONT REMAINS STALLED FROM WESTERN CUBA TO
24N92W...AND WILL BECOME DIFFUSE THROUGH TODAY. SE RETURN FLOW
WILL INCREASE OVER THE WESTERN GULF SAT AND SUN AHEAD OF A
SECOND COLD FRONT EXPECTED TO MOVE OFF THE TEXAS COAST LATE SUN.
N WINDS WILL INCREASE TO NEAR GALE FORCE BEHIND THE FRONT ALONG
THE COAST OF MEXICO LATE SUN THROUGH EARLY MON.  

.TODAY...N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.TONIGHT...N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.FRI AND FRI NIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.SAT THROUGH MON...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...GALE FORCE WINDS WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE WATERS N OF
29N ASSOCIATED WITH COLD FRONT EXTENDING FROM 28N65W TO CENTRAL
CUBA THE FRONT WILL MOVE E AND EXTEND FROM 24N65W TO HISPANIOLA
TONIGHT AND E OF THE AREA FRI. A LARGE AREA OF NORTHERLY SWELL
COVER REGION E OF THE BAHAMAS LATE FRI THROUGH MON.  

.TODAY...NW TO N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT S OF 27N...
AND 6 TO 8 FT N OF 27N. 
.TONIGHT...S OF 27N...N WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...INCREASING TO 10 TO
15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. N OF 27N...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO
4 FT S OF 27N...AND 5 TO 7 FT N OF 27N. 
.FRI AND FRI NIGHT...S OF 27N...N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS
3 TO 5 FT. N OF 27N...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. 
.SAT THROUGH MON...E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT.