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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1117 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 AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT
EXPECTED TO ENTER THE NW GULF BY TONIGHT. THE COLD FRONT WILL
REACH FROM SE 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. FRESH TO STRONG NE FLOW BEHIND THE FRONT
WILL PERSIST OVER THE SE GULF THROUGH THU AS HIGH PRES BUILDS OVER
THE N GULF WATERS.

.THIS AFTERNOON...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT...BUILDING
TO 4 TO 6 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. 
.TONIGHT...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT...SUBSIDING TO
3 TO 5 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
.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...NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.WED...N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. 
.THU...NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...LARGE NE SWELLS WILL PREVAIL ACROSS THE ENTIRE BASIN
E OF THE BAHAMAS THROUGH WED. HIGH PRES OVER THE EASTERN SEABOARD
WILL SLIDE JUST N OF THE AREA THROUGH TUE...BRINGING A MODERATE
ANTICYCLONIC BREEZE ACROSS THE BASIN. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE OFF
THE NE FLORIDA COAST TUE LATE. THE COLD FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM
NEAR 31N73W TO CENTRAL CUBA EARLY WED AND FROM BERMUDA TO EASTERN
CUBA EARLY THU.

.THIS AFTERNOON...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT IN NE
SWELL.
.TONIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT IN NE
SWELL...SUBSIDING TO 6 TO 9 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT.
.MON...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT IN NE
SWELL...SUBSIDING TO 6 TO 8 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.