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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
955 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 ISOLATED 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 EXTEND FROM FLORIDA BIG BEND TO TEXAS
COAST TUE...STALL FROM SW FLORIDA TO THE TEXAS MEXICO BORDER TUE
NIGHT. HIGH PRES BUILDING ACROSS NORTHERN WATERS WED INTO THU
RESULTS IN INCREASING N TO NE WINDS. HIGH PRES MOVES NE OF AREA
WITH MODERATE E TO SE RETURN FLOW FRI AND FRESH SE TO S WINDS
SAT. 

.OVERNIGHT...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 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...SW WINDS LESS THAN 5 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.WED...SE WINDS LESS THAN 5 KT...BECOMING S IN THE AFTERNOON.
SEAS 1 TO 2 FT...BUILDING TO 2 TO 3 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. 
.WED NIGHT...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.THU...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.FRI...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 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 AND EXTEND FROM
31N75W TO NE FLORIDA TUE...THEN STALL FROM 31N72W TO E-CENTRAL
FLORIDA WED AS BROAD LOW PRES DEVELOPS ALONG THE FRONT.
REINFORCING COLD AIR WILL SWEEP ACROSS NORTHERN WATERS AND MERGE
WITH THE FRONT THU. THE FRONT WILL WEAKEN AS IT DRIFTS S THROUGH
FRI BEFORE STALLING ALONG 22N SAT. SE TO S WINDS INCREASE FAR NW
ZONES BY LATE SAT. 

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