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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
514 PM 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 AND ASSOCIATED FRONTAL BOUNDARY
WILL MERGE WITH A WEAK COLD FRONT FROM CENTRAL FLORIDA TO
CENTRAL GULF THIS EVENING...AND PUSH THE MERGED FRONT SOUTHWARD
OVERNIGHT...EXTENDING FROM SOUTHERN FLORIDA TO VERACRUZ MEXICO
THU...THEN BECOME DIFFUSE OVER THE SE GULF BY THU. 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. 

.TONIGHT...NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 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...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. 
.FRI NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING S 15 TO 20 KT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. 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. 
.MON...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...WEAK STATIONARY FRONT FROM JUST SE OF BERMUDA TO
CENTRAL FLORIDA WILL BE OVERTAKEN AND 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 SE BEHIND IT.
HIGH PRES WILL SHIFT SE ACROSS THE AREA SAT AND SUN ALLOWING
SOUTHERLY RETURN FLOW TO GRADUALLY INCREASE W PORTIONS THROUGH
THE WEEKEND.

.TONIGHT...S OF 27N...SW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING W 15 TO
20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. N OF 27N...SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING
W 20 TO 25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT...BUILDING TO 2 TO
4 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.THU...NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT S OF 27N...AND NW 20 TO 25 KT N OF
27N. 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. SEAS 3 TO
5 FT. 
.FRI...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT...SUBSIDING TO 2 TO
3 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. 
.FRI NIGHT...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...INCREASING TO 10 TO 15 KT
AFTER MIDNIGHT. 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. 
.MON...NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.