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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
445 AM EDT THU MAR 21 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 WEAKENING COLD FRONT EXTENDING FROM THE STRAITS OF
FLORIDA NEAR 24N81W TO 22N88W TO 21N97W WILL SHIFT SE OF THE GULF
LATER THIS MORNING AS HIGH PRES BUILDS IN FROM THE NW. THE HIGH
WILL SLIDE E ALLOWING FOR SOUTHERLY RETURN FLOW FRI...INCREASING
SAT AHEAD OF THE NEXT COLD FRONT. THAT FRONT WILL REACH FROM THE
WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE TO THE BAY OF CAMPECHE SUN MORNING WITH
A REINFORCING FRONT OVER TAKING IT FROM 30N88W TO 25N98W LATER
SUN...PUSHING SE OF THE GULF MON MORNING AS HIGH PRES RETURNS.

.TODAY...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT...BUILDING TO 4 TO
6 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. 
.TONIGHT...NE 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...BUILDING TO 2 TO
4 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. 
.FRI NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.
.SAT...S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SUN...SW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.MON...N 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 1005 MB LOW PRES NEAR
31N76W TO 30N76W TO 27N77W TO THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA WILL REACH
FROM 31N68W TO 26N69W TO 23N73W THIS AFTERNOON...EXITING THE
OFFSHORE WATERS FRI. HIGH PRES BUILDS IN FROM THE CAROLINAS FRI
REACHING TO 27N69W SAT MORNING...MOVING E OF 65W SUN MORNING
ALLOWING FOR FRESH TO STRONG SW WINDS N OF 27N AHEAD OF THE NEXT
FRONT. THAT FRONT WILL REACH FROM 31N76W TO THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA
LATE SUN NIGHT...THEN FROM 31N65W TO THE SE BAHAMAS MON EVENING.

.TODAY...NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT S OF 27N...AND NW 20 TO 25 KT N OF
27N. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT.
.TONIGHT...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...S OF 27N...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. N OF 27N...N WINDS 10 TO
15 KT...BECOMING E 5 TO 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.
.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 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.MON...NW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 8 FT.