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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
408 AM EDT SUN MAR 17 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...SOUTHERLY RETURN FLOW WILL DOMINATE THE GULF THROUGH
MON. A COLD FRONT WILL REACH THE NORTHERN GULF COASTAL WATERS LATE
MON NIGHT...EXTENDING FROM THE FLORIDA BIG BEND TO CORPUS CHRISTI
TEXAS TUE MORNING...THEN STALLING FROM SW FLORIDA TO THE TEXAS
MEXICO BORDER LATE TUE. THE FRONT WILL THEN LIFT BACK N AS A WARM
FRONT WED AND THU. A NEW COLD FRONT MAY IMPACT THE GULF AT THE
END OF THE WEEK. 

.TODAY...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. ISOLATED SHOWERS.
.TONIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.MON...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.MON NIGHT...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...DIMINISHING TO 5 TO 10 KT
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.TUE...SW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.WED...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.THU...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...A RIDGE OF HIGH PRES ALONG 27N WILL GRADUALLY LIFT N
THROUGH TUE. S TO SW WINDS WILL INCREASE OVER THE NW WATERS MON
NIGHT AND TUE AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT FORECAST TO MOVE ACROSS THE
NORTHERN PORTION TUE AND WED...FOLLOWED BY A REINFORCING COLD
FRONT ON THU.

.TODAY...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. 
.TONIGHT...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 3 FT...BUILDING TO 2 TO
4 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. 
.MON NIGHT...S OF 27N...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT... DIMINISHING TO
5 TO 10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. N OF 27N...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...
INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT...
BUILDING TO 2 TO 4 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
.TUE...SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...SHIFTING TO NE BEHIND FRONT. SEAS
2 TO 4 FT.
.WED...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.THU...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT.