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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
522 PM 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 THAT WILL SWEEP E ACROSS
THE NORTHERN GULF OVERNIGHT. THE FRONT WILL REACH FROM FLORIDA
BIG BEND TO SOUTH TEXAS TUE...STALL FROM SW FLORIDA TO THE TEXAS
MEXICO BORDER TUE NIGHT...THEN DISSIPATE WED. HIGH PRES WILL BUILD
ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF THU AND FRI. ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL
APPROACH THE NW GULF SAT.

.TONIGHT...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT...SUBSIDING TO
2 TO 3 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.TUE...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING SW 5 TO 10 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.TUE NIGHT...W WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING  NE AFTER MIDNIGHT.
SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.WED...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.WED NIGHT...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.THU...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.FRI...S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.SAT...S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...A RIDGE ALONG 27N WILL SHIFT E THROUGH TUE. S TO SW
WINDS WILL INCREASE TONIGHT N OF THE BAHAMAS AHEAD OF A COLD
FRONT THAT WILL MOVE OFF THE NE FLORIDA COAST TUE. 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.

.TONIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N...AND S 15 TO 20 KT N OF
27N. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT...BUILDING TO 2 TO 4 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
.TUE...S OF 27N...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. N OF 27N...SW WINDS 15 TO
20 KT...DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 TO
4 FT. 
.TUE NIGHT...S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT S OF 27N...AND NW 10 TO 15 KT N
OF 27N. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.WED...SE WINDS LESS THAN 5 KT S OF 27N...AND E 10 TO 15 KT N OF
27N. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.WED NIGHT...S OF 27N...SW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. N OF 27N...NE WINDS
5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING NW 10 TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO
3 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.THU...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.FRI...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.SAT...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.