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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
455 PM 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 FORT MYERS FLORIDA TO THE YUCATAN
CHANNEL WILL SHIFT SE OF THE AREA OVERNIGHT. FRESH TO STRONG NE
WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT WILL PERSIST OVER THE SE GULF THROUGH THU
AS HIGH PRES BUILDS OVER THE N GULF WATERS. SOUTHERLY RETURN
FLOW WILL SET UP OVER THE WESTERN GULF BY SAT AND SUN. 

.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 3 TO 5 FT...BUILDING TO 4 TO
6 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. 
.THU NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT...SUBSIDING TO
4 TO 6 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
.FRI...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SAT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.SUN...SE 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. COLD FRONT WILL MOVE OFF THE
NE FLORIDA COAST LATER TONIGHT AND EXTEND FROM NEAR 31N71W TO
WESTERN CUBA LATE WED...FROM 27N65W TO SE CUBA LATE THU...FROM
23N65W TO HAITI FRI BEFORE STALLING ALONG 22N SAT. HIGH PRESSURE
WILL BUILD WAKE OF THE FRONT WITH LIGHT WINDS AND DIMINISHED SEAS
BY SUN.

.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 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. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.THU...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.THU NIGHT...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT...SUBSIDING TO
4 TO 6 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
.FRI...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SAT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.SUN...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.