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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1012 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...COLD FRONT FROM NEAR TAMPA BAY TO TAMPICO MEXICO
WILL MOVE SE OVERNIGHT...AND EXTEND FROM FLORIDA KEYS TO TUXPAN
MEXICO THU MORNING...THEN BECOME DIFFUSE OVER NW CUBA AND THE
YUCATAN CHANNEL BY THU EVENING. ENERGETIC UPPER LEVEL TROUGH
SWEEPING E ACROSS THE CENTRAL GULF THIS EVENING WILL IGNITE
SCATTERED TSTMS ALONG AND AHEAD OF FRONT ACROSS E AND SE GULF.
HIGH PRES WILL BUILD SE ACROSS THE REGION THU NIGHT AND FRI WITH
SOUTHERLY RETURN FLOW GRADUALLY INCREASING THROUGH SAT. THE NEXT
COLD FRONT WILL IMPACT THE GULF WATERS LATE SAT AND SUN. 

.OVERNIGHT...NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT...BUILDING TO
3 TO 5 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.THU...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT...BUILDING TO 4 TO
6 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. 
.THU NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 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 FLORIDA KEYS THU
MORNING...THEN MOVE SE 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.

.OVERNIGHT...S OF 27N...SW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING W 15 TO
20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. N OF 27N...W WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...INCREASING
TO 20 TO 25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT...BUILDING TO 2 TO
4 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SCATTERED 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.