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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1022 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 ACROSS THE FLORIDA KEYS AND W CUBA 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. 

.OVERNIGHT...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. 
.WED NIGHT...N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT...BUILDING TO
5 TO 7 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
.THU...N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.THU NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.FRI...NE 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.  

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 31N77W TO SE
FLORIDA  MOVING SE TONIGHT AND WED AND EXTEND FROM NEAR 31N70W TO
WESTERN CUBA LATE WED...FROM 27N65W TO THE WINDWARD PASSAGE 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.

.OVERNIGHT...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N...AND W 15 TO 20 KT N
OF 27N. 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...S OF 27N...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. N OF 27N...N WINDS
15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING NW 20 TO 25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 4 TO
6 FT. 
.THU...S OF 27N...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. N OF 27N...NW WINDS 20 TO
25 KT...BECOMING N 15 TO 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. 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...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.SUN...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.