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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
950 AM EST SAT MAR 9 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...SE RETURN FLOW OVER THE W GULF WILL INCREASE AND
SPREAD EASTWARD TODAY AND SUN AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT EXPECTED TO
ENTER THE NW GULF WATERS SUN NIGHT. THE COLD FRONT WILL REACH
FROM CENTRAL LOUISIANA TO THE BAY OF CAMPECHE EARLY MON...FROM
THE FLORIDA BIG BEND TO THE YUCATAN PENINSULA EARLY TUE...AND SE
OF THE AREA TUE NIGHT. WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT ARE EXPECTED TO
REACH GALE FORCE OVER THE WESTERN GULF S OF 26N THEN DIMINISH
BELOW GALE FORCE MON NIGHT. 

.TODAY...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.TONIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT...BUILDING TO 3 TO 5 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
.SUN...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SUN NIGHT...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT...BUILDING TO
4 TO 6 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
.MON...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.TUE...NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.WED...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...LARGE LONG PERIOD NE SWELLS WILL PREVAIL ACROSS THE
ENTIRE BASIN E OF THE BAHAMAS. HIGH PRES OVER THE EASTERN SEABOARD
WILL SLIDE JUST N OF THE AREA THROUGH TUE BRINGING MODERATE
ANTICYCLONIC BREEZE ACROSS THE BASIN. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE TO
THE FAR NW PART OF THE FORECAST AREA TUE LATE. THE COLD FRONT WILL
EXTEND FROM NEAR 31N70W TO W CUBA LATE WED.

.TODAY...S OF 27N...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. N OF 27N...N WINDS
15 TO 20 KT...DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS
6 TO 8 FT IN NE SWELL. 
.TONIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT IN NE
SWELL...BUILDING TO 6 TO 9 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT.
.SUN...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT IN NE SWELL.
.SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT IN NE SWELL.
.MON...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT IN NE SWELL. 
.TUE...S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.WED...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.