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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
426 AM EDT MON MAR 18 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 GRADUALLY WEAKEN OVER THE
WATERS TODAY AND TONIGHT AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT. THAT FRONT WILL
REACH FROM THE FLORIDA BIG BEND TO BROWNSVILLE TEXAS TUE MORNING
THEN WILL STALL FROM SW FLORIDA TO THE TEXAS MEXICO BORDER TUE
NIGHT...DISSIPATING OVER THAT GENERAL AREA BY EARLY WED. HIGH PRES
WILL BUILD IN FROM THE N AND NE IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT THROUGH
THE END OF THE WEEK.

.TODAY...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.TONIGHT...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.TUE...SW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.TUE NIGHT...NW WINDS LESS THAN 5 KT...SHIFTING TO NE AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. ISOLATED SHOWERS.
.WED...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.THU...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.FRI...S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...A HIGH PRES RIDGE ALONG 27N WILL SHIFT E 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
31N75W TO SE FLORIDA TUE EVENING...STALLING FROM BERMUDA TO THE
CENTRAL BAHAMAS WED AFTERNOON. A REINFORCING COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP
SE ACROSS THE NORTHERN WATERS ON THU...MERGING WITH THE FIRST FRONT.

.TODAY...SE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT...BUILDING TO 2 TO
4 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. ISOLATED SHOWERS.
.TONIGHT...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
4 FT. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS.
.TUE...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N...AND SW 15 TO 20 KT N OF
27N. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. CHANCE OF SHOWERS. 
.TUE NIGHT...S OF 27N...SW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...SHIFTING TO N BEHIND
FRONT. N OF 27N...NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING N 15 TO 20 KT
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT...IN SE SWELL S OF 27N. SLIGHT
CHANCE OF SHOWERS NEAR FRONT.
.WED...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.THU...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.FRI...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.