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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
419 AM EDT WED MAR 20 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 WARM FRONT EXTENDING FROM NEAR TAMPA BAY FLORIDA TO
DEVELOPING 1012 MB LOW PRES NEAR 27.5N 87.5W TO BROWNSVILLE TEXAS
WILL STALL...MERGING WITH A REINFORCING COLD FRONT. THE NEW FRONT
WILL EXTEND FROM 30N87W TO 28N92W TO 27N98W JUST AFTER SUNRISE...
THEN FROM 26N82W TO 23N90W TO 21N97W LATE TONIGHT...BECOMING
DIFFUSE OVER THE SE GULF JUST PRIOR TO ITS EXIT BY EARLY THU. HIGH
PRES BUILDS IN FROM THE N THU MOVING E INTO FRI WITH SOUTHERLY
RETURN FLOW GRADUALLY INCREASING THROUGH SAT. THE NEXT COLD FRONT
WILL IMPACT THE GULF WATERS LATE SAT THROUGH SUN.

.TODAY...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.TONIGHT...NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING N 15 TO 20 KT BEHIND
REINFORCING FRONT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT...BUILDING TO 3 TO 5 FT BEHIND
REINFORCING FRONT. SCATTERED SHOWERS NEAR REINFORCING FRONT.
.THU...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 6 FT.
.THU NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT...SUBSIDING TO
2 TO 4 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
.FRI...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.SAT...S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.SUN...SW 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 31N73W TO FORT PIERCE
FLORIDA WILL STALL FROM NEAR BERMUDA TO THE CENTRAL BAHAMAS BY
THIS AFTERNOON...MERGING WITH A REINFORCING FRONT TONIGHT. THE
NEW FRONT WILL REACH FROM NEAR 31N73W TO 28N77W TO 26N80W LATE
TONIGHT WITH LOW PRES POSSIBLY DEVELOPING ALONG THE NORTHERN
PORTION...EXTENDING FROM 31N71W TO THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA THU
MORNING...PUSHING E OF THE AREA FRI AS HIGH PRES BUILDS IN BEHIND
IT. HIGH PRES MOVES E SAT THROUGH THU ALLOWING FOR SOUTHERLY
RETURN FLOW TO GRADUALLY INCREASE THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

.TODAY...SE WINDS LESS THAN 5 KT S OF 27N...AND E 5 TO 10 KT N OF
27N. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS.
.TONIGHT...S OF 27N...SW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING W 10 TO
15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. N OF 27N...W WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING
NW 20 TO 25 KT BEHIND REINFORCING FRONT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT...BUILDING
TO 3 TO 5 FT BEHIND REINFORCING FRONT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND 
ISOLATED TSTMS NEAR REINFORCING FRONT.
.THU...S OF 27N...NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. N OF 27N...NW WINDS
20 TO 25 KT...DIMINISHING TO 15 TO 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS
4 TO 7 FT.
.THU NIGHT...S OF 27N...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING NE 5 TO 10
KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. N OF 27N...NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING N 10
TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 TO 5 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. 
.SUN...SW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.