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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1018 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...A WEAK COLD FRONT MEANDERING ACROSS THE GULF FROM N
CENTRAL FLORIDA TO EXTREME SE TEXAS WILL STALL OVERNIGHT...THEN
MERGE WITH A REINFORCING FRONT THAT WILL SINK S INTO THE NW GULF
WED MORNING...AND MOVE SE AND REACH FROM SW FLORIDA TO TAMPICO
MEXICO WED NIGHT...REACH FROM NW COAST OF CUBA TO NE MEXICO THU
LATE BEFORE DISSIPATING THU NIGHT. HIGH PRES WILL PREVAIL OVER
THE NORTHERN GULF FRI AND SAT WITH A GRADUAL INCREASE IN
SOUTHERLY RETURN FLOW. 

.OVERNIGHT...SE WINDS LESS THAN 5 KT...INCREASING TO 5 TO 10 KT
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.WED...S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.WED NIGHT...NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT...BUILDING TO
3 TO 5 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 31N72W TO 29N81W 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.

.OVERNIGHT...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.