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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
505 PM 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...A HIGH PRES RIDGE OVER THE EASTERN AND CENTRAL
PORTION ALONG 27N WILL GRADUALLY SHIFT EASTWARD THROUGH MON
ALLOWING FOR SOUTHERLY FLOW TO EXPAND ACROSS THE GULF FROM W TO
E IN ADVANCE OF THE NEXT COLD FRONT. THIS FRONT WILL MOVE OFF
THE TEXAS COAST MON EVENING...THEN QUICKLY REACH A POSITION FROM
THE WESTERN FLORIDA TO VICINITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI TEXAS LATE MON
NIGHT INTO TUE. THE FRONT IS THEN FORECAST WEAKEN AND STALL FROM
SW FLORIDA TO THE TEXAS MEXICO BORDER LATE TUE INTO WED AS HIGH
PRES BUILDS SE ACROSS MOST OF THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL WATERS. 

.TONIGHT...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. 
.MON NIGHT...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...DIMINISHING TO 5 TO 10 KT
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. ISOLATED SHOWERS.
.TUE...SW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. ISOLATED SHOWERS. 
.TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.
.WED...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.THU...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.FRI...S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...A HIGH PRES RIDGE ALONG 27N WILL SHIFT EASTWARD
THROUGH TUE ALLOWING FOR A COLD FRONT TO MOVE OFF THE GEORGIA AND
NE FLORIDA COASTS TO ACROSS THE FAR NW PORTION LATE MON NIGHT
INTO TUE. THE FRONT WILL BE PRECEDED BY INCREASING S TO SW WINDS
ACROSS THE NW AND N CENTRAL WATERS TUE. THE COLD FRONT WILL REACH
FROM NEAR 31N69W TO 26N75W AND STATIONARY TO WESTERN CUBA BY
EARLY WED...THEN WEAKEN AS IT MOVES ACROSS THE NE PORTION LATE
WED INTO THU. A STRONGER COLD FRONT WILL QUICKLY SWEEP SE ACROSS
THE NE PORTION ON THU AND MERGE WITH THE FIRST FRONT.

.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. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND TSTMS W PART N OF 27N LATE.
.MON...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT...BUILDING TO 2 TO
4 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND TSTMS.
.MON NIGHT...S OF 27N...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. 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. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
TSTMS.
.TUE...S OF 27N...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...DIMINISHING TO 5 TO 10 KT
IN THE AFTERNOON. N OF 27N...SW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO
4 FT. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 
.TUE NIGHT...S OF 27N...SW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING NE AFTER
MIDNIGHT. N OF 27N...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.
.WED...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.THU...N WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.FRI...S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.