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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1042 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...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW EMBEDDED TSTMS WILL PERSIST
IN THE E GULF THROUGH TONIGHT. SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL WEAKEN TONIGHT
AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT. THE FRONT WILL REACH FROM FLORIDA BIG BEND
TO SOUTH TEXAS TUE MORNING...STALL FROM SW FLORIDA TO THE TEXAS
MEXICO BORDER TUE NIGHT...THEN DISSIPATE WED. HIGH PRES WILL BUILD
ACROSS NORTHERN WATERS THU AND FRI.

.THIS AFTERNOON...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS. 
.TONIGHT...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS.
.TUE...SW WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.
.TUE NIGHT...NW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING NE AFTER MIDNIGHT.
SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.
.WED...E WINDS 5 TO 10 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 RIDGE ALONG 27N WILL SHIFT E THROUGH TUE. A COLD
FRONT WILL MOVE INTO NW PORTION TUE. S TO SW WINDS WILL INCREASE
AHEAD OF THE FRONT. THE FRONT WILL REACH FROM 31N75W TO S FLORIDA
TUE...THEN STALL FROM BERMUDA TO THE BAHAMAS WED. REINFORCING COLD
AIR WILL SWEEP ACROSS NORTHERN WATERS AND MERGE WITH THE FRONT THU.

.THIS AFTERNOON...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.
.TONIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N AND S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT
N OF 27N. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.
.TUE...S OF 27N...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. N OF 27N...SW WINDS 15 TO
20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS.
.TUE NIGHT...S OF 27N...VARIABLE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. N OF 27N...N
WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS.
.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...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.