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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
420 AM EDT FRI MAR 15 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 AT 29N89W NEAR SE LOUISIANA WILL
MOVE SE TO OVER THE FLORIDA PENINSULA DURING THE UPCOMING WEEKEND.
SOUTHERLY RETURN FLOW WILL DOMINATE THE GULF WATERS SAT THROUGH
MON AHEAD OF THE NEXT COLD FRONT. THAT FRONT WILL ENTER THE NW
GULF MON NIGHT...REACHING FROM THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE TO NEAR THE
TEXAS/MEXICO BORDER TUE MORNING...THEN WILL STALL FROM SW FLORIDA
TO THE CENTRAL GULF LATE TUE. STRONG HIGH PRES AND INCREASING
FRESH TO STRONG NE WINDS AND BUILDING SEAS WILL FOLLOW THE FRONT.

.TODAY...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 6 FT...SUBSIDING TO 2 TO
4 FT IN THE AFTERNOON.
.TONIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT...SUBSIDING TO
2 TO 3 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
.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 4 FT. 
.TUE...SE 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 25N65W TO NEAR THE
WINDWARD PASSAGE WILL MERGE WITH A REINFORCING FRONT WHICH EXTENDS
FROM NEAR BERMUDA TO 27N73W TODAY. THE MERGED FRONT WILL REACH
FROM 22N55W TO 20N70W THIS EVENING...STALLING OUT OVER THE SE
WATERS THIS WEEKEND. THE REMNANT BOUNDARY WILL BECOME A SHEAR LINE
LATE SUN INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK...SHIFTING S OF AMZ127 MON. OTHERWISE
HIGH PRES WILL BUILD IN BEHIND THE FRONTS WITH A RIDGE SETTLING
ALONG 27N...SLOWLY LIFTING TO 31N BY TUE MORNING. THE NEXT COLD
FRONT WILL ENTER THE NW PORTION TUE AFTERNOON.

.TODAY...N 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. 
.TONIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N...AND NW 5 TO 10 KT N OF
27N. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT...SUBSIDING TO 2 TO 4 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
.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 4 FT. 
.TUE...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.