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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
428 AM EDT TUE MAR 12 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...A COLD FRONT FROM THE FLORIDA BIG BEND TO THE
YUCATAN PENINSULA WILL SHIFT SE OF THE AREA TONIGHT. FRESH TO
STRONG NE WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT WILL PERSIST OVER THE SE GULF
INTO FRI AS HIGH PRES BUILDS OVER THE N GULF WATERS. 

.TODAY...S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING  NW IN THE AFTERNOON.
SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.TONIGHT...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.WED...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT...BUILDING TO 5 TO
7 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. 
.WED NIGHT...N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.THU...NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.FRI...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SAT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 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 THE WEEK. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE OFF THE
NE FLORIDA COAST BY TONIGHT. THE COLD FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM NEAR
31N74W TO CENTRAL CUBA EARLY WED...FROM BERMUDA TO EASTERN CUBA
EARLY THU...FROM 23N65W TO HAITI FRI BEFORE STALLING ALONG 22N
SAT. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT.  

.TODAY...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N...AND S 20 TO 25 KT N OF
27N. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.TONIGHT...S OF 27N...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...DIMINISHING TO 5 TO
10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. N OF 27N...W WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO
7 FT...SUBSIDING TO 4 TO 6 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
.WED...S OF 27N...SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING NW 15 TO 20 KT
IN THE AFTERNOON. N OF 27N...NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO
6 FT. 
.WED NIGHT...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT S OF 27N...AND NW 20 TO 25 KT N
OF 27N. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT...BUILDING TO 5 TO 7 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
.THU...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.FRI...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SAT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.