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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
519 PM 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...QUICKLY WEAKENING COLD FRONT EXTENDS FROM NW CUBA
AND MEANDERS W TO NEAR 23.5N93W. FRONT WILL BECOME DIFFUSE
ACROSS W CUBA AND YUCATAN CHANNEL TONIGHT. HIGH PRES OVER THE
NORTHERN GULF WILL SHIFT E THROUGH FRI TO PRODUCE RETURN FLOW
ACROSS MUCH OF BASIN FRI AND SAT. NEXT COLD FRONT WILL REACH THE
NW GULF SAT NIGHT AND EXTEND FROM FLORIDA PANHANDLE TO BAY OF
CAMPECHE SUN THEN PUSH SE OF THE GULF MON. 

.TONIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.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. 
.SAT NIGHT...S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT...BUILDING TO
4 TO 6 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
.SUN...SW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.MON...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.TUE...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...COLD FRONT FROM 31N66W SW THROUGH SE BAHAMAS TO NW
CUBA WILL CONTINUE TO WEAKEN AND MOVE E OF THE AREA FRI. HIGH
PRES WILL SHIFT SE BEHIND FRONT AND PREVAIL ACROSS THE REGION FRI
THROUGH SAT NIGHT. FRESH TO STRONG SW WINDS WILL DEVELOP N OF 27N
AHEAD OF THE NEXT FRONT...EXPECTED TO REACH NORTHERN FLORIDA
SUN...AND EXTEND FROM 31N68W TO NORTHERN CUBA MON.

.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...
DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. 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 NE 5 TO 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. 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 2 TO 4 FT...BUILDING TO 3 TO
5 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. 
.SAT NIGHT...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.SUN...SW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.MON...NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.TUE...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.