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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1050 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...REINFORCING COLD AIR WILL MERGE WITH A FRONT FROM
CENTRAL FLORIDA TO NE MEXICO THIS AFTERNOON AND PUSH THE FRONT
SOUTHWARD OVERNIGHT...EXTENDING FROM SOUTHERN FLORIDA TO VERACRUZ
MEXICO THU MORNING...THEN BECOME DIFFUSE OVER THE SE GULF BY THU
EVENING. HIGH PRES WILL BUILD SE ACROSS THE REGION THU AND FRI
WITH SOUTHERLY RETURN FLOW GRADUALLY INCREASING THROUGH SAT. THE
NEXT COLD FRONT WILL IMPACT THE GULF WATERS LATE SAT AND SUN.

.THIS AFTERNOON...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 AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS.
.THU...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.THU NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT.
.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 STATIONARY FRONT FROM BERMUDA TO CENTRAL FLORIDA
WILL MERGE WITH A REINFORCING FRONT TONIGHT AND EXTEND FROM
31N71W TO THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA THU...THEN E OF THE AREA FRI AS
HIGH PRES BUILDS BEHIND IT. HIGH PRES MOVES E SAT AND SUN ALLOWING
SOUTHERLY RETURN FLOW TO GRADUALLY INCREASE THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

.THIS AFTERNOON...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.
.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 AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT...BUILDING TO 3 TO
5 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.THU...NW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 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.