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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
515 PM EDT THU MAR 14 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...HIGH PRES CENTERED OVER NW ALABAMA WILL MOVE SE
ACROSS THE N CENTRAL AND NE GULF THROUGH FRI NIGHT...AND TO
ACROSS S CENTRAL FLORIDA SAT. THE HIGH WILL MOVE E OF THE AREA
SAT NIGHT AND SUN. A RIDGE WILL EXTEND WESTWARD FROM THE HIGH
ACROSS THE EASTERN AND MIDDLE GULF INTO MON...THEN SLIDE
EASTWARD DURING MON AND TUE ALLOWING FOR A COLD FRONT TO ENTER
THE FAR NW GULF LATE MON NIGHT. THE FRONT IS EXPECTED TO REACH
FROM NEAR TAMPA FLORIDA TO THE SW GULF BY LATE TUE FOLLOWED BY
STRONG HIGH PRES AND INCREASING FRESH TO STRONG NE WINDS AND
BUILDING SEAS. 

.TONIGHT...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.FRI...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.SAT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.SUN...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.MON...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.TUE...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...A COLD FRONT EXTENDING FROM 31N65W TO 25N70W TO
EASTERN CUBA WILL REACH FROM NEAR 26N65W TO THE WINDWARD PASSAGE
LATE TONIGHT. THE FRONT WILL BEGIN TO WEAKEN AS IT MOVES ACROSS
THE FAR SE WATERS FRI...THEN MOVE SE OF THE AREA FRI EVENING TO
ACROSS THE FAR NW PORTION OF THE TROPICAL N ATLC WATERS SAT. HIGH
PRES RIDGING WILL BUILD W TO E ALONG 27N IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT
THROUGH SUN AND SHIFT N TO NEAR 29N LATE SUN INTO MON. DURING MON
AND TUE THE RIDGE WILL SLIDE EASTWARD ALLOWING FOR A COLD FRONT
TO MOVE OFFSHORE THE SE UNITED STATES AND ACROSS THE NW PORTION.

.TONIGHT...S OF 27N...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. N OF 27N...N WINDS
15 TO 20 KT...DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS
4 TO 6 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS SE PART. 
.FRI...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT S OF 27N...AND N 10 TO 15 KT N OF
27N. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT...SUBSIDING TO 3 TO 5 FT IN THE AFTERNOON.
SCATTERED SHOWERS SE PART. 
.FRI NIGHT...S OF 27N...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. N OF 27N...NW WINDS
5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING W 10 TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 TO
5 FT...SUBSIDING TO 2 TO 4 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. ISOLATED SHOWERS SE
PART. 
.SAT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.SUN...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.MON...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.TUE...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.