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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1024 PM 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...HIGH PRESSURE RIDGING SOUTHWARD INTO THE GULF OF
MEXICO WILL SLIDE ACROSS FLORIDA INTO THE ATLANTIC ON MONDAY.
THIS HIGH WILL THEN MOVE FURTHER EAST TUESDAY AS A COLD FRONT
APPROACHES FROM THE NORTHWEST AND MOVES ACROSS THE COASTAL
WATERS. THE FRONT WILL STALL SOUTH OF THE STATE TUESDAY NIGHT AS
HIGH PRESSURE SETTLES ACROSS THE GULF REGION DURING MIDWEEK.

.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.
SCATTERED SHOWERS. 
.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...DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.MON NIGHT...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.TUE...NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.WED...NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.THU...NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...A HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE NEAR THE EASTERN SEABOARD
WILL SHIFT OFFSHORE EARLY NEXT WEEK AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT. 
A GALE CENTER OVER THE NORTHWEST ATLANTIC WILL PUSH A LONG PERIOD
SWELL INTO THE LOCAL ATLANTIC WATERS WITH WAVE HEIGHTS PEAKING
LATE TOMORROW. 

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