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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
425 AM EDT SAT MAR 16 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 TAMPA BAY FLORIDA WILL MOVE
E OVER THE FLORIDA PENINSULA TODAY. SOUTHERLY RETURN FLOW WILL
DOMINATE THE GULF WATERS THROUGH MON AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT
FORECAST TO ENTER THE NW GULF LATE MON NIGHT...REACHING FROM THE
FLORIDA PANHANDLE TO NEAR THE TEXAS/MEXICO BORDER TUE MORNING.
THE FRONT IS FORECAST TO STALL OUT LATE TUE...LIFTING BACK TO THE
N AS A WARM FRONT BY WED. ONLY A MARGINAL INCREASE OF WINDS AND
SEAS IS EXPECTED BEHIND THE FRONT.

.TODAY...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.TONIGHT...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...INCREASING TO 10 TO 15 KT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. 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.
.MON...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.TUE...S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.WED...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...THE TAIL END OF A COLD FRONT ACROSS AMZ127 EXTENDING
SW AS A SHEAR LINE THROUGH AMZ125 WILL SINK S TODAY...DISSIPATING
SUN. OTHERWISE HIGH PRES WILL BUILD IN ACROSS THE BASIN WITH A
RIDGE SETTLING ALONG 27N LATER TODAY...SLOWLY LIFTING TO 31N BY
TUE. EXPECT INCREASING S TO SW WINDS OVER THE NW WATERS MON NIGHT
INTO TUE AHEAD OF THE NEXT COLD FRONT FORECAST TO MOVE THROUGH THE
NW PORTION OF THE SW N ATLC WATERS LATE TUE THROUGH WED.

.TODAY...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.TONIGHT...S 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...DIMINISHING TO 5 TO 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS
2 TO 3 FT. 
.SUN NIGHT...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 4 FT. 
.WED...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.