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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
456 PM 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 NEAR THE FLORIDA BIG BEND WILL
MOVE EWD ACROSS THE SW N ATLC THIS 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. STRONG HIGH PRES AND INCREASING FRESH
TO STRONG NE WINDS AND BUILDING SEAS WILL FOLLOW THE FRONT. 

.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. 
.SUN NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT...BUILDING TO
2 TO 4 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
.MON...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.TUE...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.WED...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...A COLD FRONT EXTENDING FROM 23N65W TO HISPANIOLA WILL
MERGE WITH A REINFORCING FRONT WHICH EXTENDS FROM 26N65W TO
EASTERN CUBA TONIGHT. THE MERGED FRONT WILL STALL OUT OVER THE SE
WATERS THIS WEEKEND. THE REMNANT BOUNDARY WILL BECOME A SHEAR
LINE SUN AND DISSIPATING MON. OTHERWISE HIGH PRES WILL BUILD IN
BEHIND THE FRONTS WITH A RIDGE SETTLING ALONG 27N...SLOWLY
LIFTING TO 31N BY TUE. THE NEXT COLD FRONT WILL ENTER THE NW
PORTION LATE TUE.

.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...S OF 27N...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. N OF 27N...SW WINDS
10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING S 5 TO 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 TO
3 FT. 
.SUN NIGHT...S OF 27N...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. N OF 27N...S WINDS
5 TO 10 KT...INCREASING TO 10 TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. 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. 
.WED...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.