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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
436 AM EDT SUN MAR 10 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 WILL PREVAIL OVER THE WESTERN HALF OF
THE GULF AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT EXPECTED TO ENTER THE NW GULF
WATERS BY TONIGHT. THE COLD FRONT WILL REACH FROM CENTRAL
LOUISIANA TO THE BAY OF 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.
FRESH TO STRONG NE FLOW WILL PERSIST OVER THE SOUTHEAST GULF
THROUGH THU AS HIGH PRES BUILDS OVER THE NORTHERN GULF WATERS. 

.TODAY...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.TONIGHT...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.MON...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT...SUBSIDING TO 3 TO
5 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. 
.MON NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING S 15 TO 20 KT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.TUE...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.WED...N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.THU...NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...LARGE LONG PERIOD NORTHERLY 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 OF THE COAST OF THE SOUTHEAST UNITED STATES TUE
LATE. THE COLD FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM NEAR 31N69W TO CENTRAL CUBA
THU.

.TODAY...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. 
.TONIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT...SUBSIDING TO
6 TO 9 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
.MON...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT...SUBSIDING TO 6 TO
8 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. 
.MON NIGHT...S OF 27N...E 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...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.