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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
511 PM 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 ISOLATED TSTMS ASSOCIATED WITH
AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA
AND EXTREME SE GULF THIS EVENING. A WEAKENING COLD FRONT FROM N
CENTRAL FLORIDA TO NE MEXICO WILL STALL FROM NEAR TAMPA BAY TO
EXTREME SE TEXAS TONIGHT...THEN MERGE WITH A REINFORCING FRONT
WED AND MOVE S FROM SW FLORIDA TO TAMPICO MEXICO WED
NIGHT...REACH FROM NW COAST OF CUBA TO NE MEXICO THU AFTERNOON
BEFORE DISSIPATING THU NIGHT. HIGH PRES WILL PREVAIL OVER THE
NORTHERN GULF FRI AND SAT WITH A GRADUAL INCREASE IN SOUTHERLY
RETURN FLOW. 

.TONIGHT...S WINDS LESS THAN 5 KT...BECOMING SE AFTER MIDNIGHT.
SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.WED...S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. 
.WED NIGHT...NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT...BUILDING TO
2 TO 4 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SCATTERED SHOWERS. 
.THU...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.THU NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 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. 
.SUN...S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...A COLD FRONT EXTENDING FROM N CENTRAL FLORIDA NE INTO
THE W ATLC WILL REACH FROM 31N75W TO THE NORTHERN BAHAMAS
TONIGHT...THEN STALL AND WEAKEN WED. REINFORCING COLD SURGE WILL
OVERTAKE THE STATIONARY FRONT WED NIGHT...PUSHING IT FROM BERMUDA
TO FLORIDA STRAITS THU. THE FRONT WILL THEN MOVE E OF THE REGION
FRI.

.TONIGHT...NE WINDS LESS THAN 5 KT S OF 27N...AND N 5 TO 10 KT N
OF 27N. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.WED...S OF 27N...E WINDS LESS THAN 5 KT...BECOMING SE IN THE
AFTERNOON. N OF 27N...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.
SCATTERED SHOWERS. 
.WED NIGHT...S OF 27N...W WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. N OF 27N...W WINDS
15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING NW 20 TO 25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO
4 FT...BUILDING TO 3 TO 5 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SCATTERED SHOWERS. 
.THU...NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT S OF 27N...AND NW 20 TO 25 KT N OF
27N. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.THU NIGHT...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N...AND NW 15 TO 20 KT N
OF 27N. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.FRI...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.SAT...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.SUN...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.