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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
428 AM EDT TUE MAR 19 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 TSTMS ASSOCIATED WITH AN UPPER
LEVEL TROUGH WILL PERSIST IN THE E GULF THROUGH THE MORNING. 
SOUTHERLY RETURN FLOW WILL CONTINUE AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT ALONG
THE U.S. SHORELINE. THIS FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM THE WESTERN
FLORIDA PANHANDLE TO NEAR CORPUS CHRISTI LATER THIS MORNING...
STALLING FROM TAMPA BAY TO BROWNSVILLE TEXAS THIS EVENING...THEN
MERGING WITH A REINFORCING FRONT WED MORNING. THE NEW FRONT WILL
EXTEND FROM SW FLORIDA TO TAMPICO MEXICO WED EVENING...MOVING SE
OF THE GULF LATE WED NIGHT INTO THU. HIGH PRES BUILDS IN BEHIND
THE FRONT WITH SOUTHERLY RETURN FLOW GRADUALLY INCREASING THROUGH
SAT.

.TODAY...S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING SW 5 TO 10 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. WINDS AND SEAS HIGHER IN AND NEAR
SCATTERED TSTMS EARLY.
.TONIGHT...S WINDS LESS THAN 5 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. SLIGHT CHANCE
OF SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 
.WED...S WINDS LESS THAN 5 KT...SHIFTING TO SW IN THE AFTERNOON.
SEAS 1 TO 3 FT. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND SLIGHT CHANCE OF TSTMS.
.WED NIGHT...NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.
.THU...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.FRI...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.SAT...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...A RIDGE STRETCHED OUT ACROSS THE NORTHERN WATERS WILL
SHIFT E AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM SE GA AND NE FL. THAT
FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM 31N75W TO THE NORTHERN BAHAMAS THIS
EVENING WHERE IT WILL STALL THROUGH WED MORNING. A REINFORCING
FRONT WILL OVERTAKE THE OLD BOUNDARY BY WED AFTERNOON...REACHING
FROM NEAR BERMUDA TO THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA LATE WED NIGHT...MOVING
E OF THE OFFSHORE WATERS FRI MORNING AS HIGH PRES BUILDS IN FROM
THE W. THE HIGH WILL SETTLE TO NEAR 29N75W FRI EVENING THROUGH
SAT.

.TODAY...S OF 27N...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING SW 5 TO 10 KT
IN THE AFTERNOON. N OF 27N...SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4
FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS.
.TONIGHT...S OF 27N...W WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...SHIFTING TO S AFTER
MIDNIGHT. N OF 27N...NW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...SHIFTING TO NE AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT...SUBSIDING TO 1 TO 2 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT.
CHANCE OF SHOWERS NEAR FRONT.
.WED...SW WINDS LESS THAN 5 KT S OF 27N...AND SE 10 TO 15 KT N OF
27N. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT...BUILDING TO 2 TO 3 FT IN THE AFTERNOON.
CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND TSTMS NEAR FRONT.
.WED NIGHT...S OF 27N...W WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. N OF 27N...W WINDS
10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING NW 15 TO 20 KT BEHIND REINFORCING FRONT.
SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. CHANCE OF SHOWERS NEAR FRONT.
.THU...NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.FRI...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT IN NE SWELL. 
.SAT...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.