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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1043 AM EDT SUN MAR 24 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 LAFAYETTE LOUISIANA TO JUST N OF
BROWNSVILLE TEXAS WILL SWEEP RAPIDLY SE AND EXTEND FROM THE
FLORIDA PANHANDLE TO VERACRUZ THIS EVENING...THEN CLEAR THE GULF
LATE MON. FRESH TO STRONG N WINDS WILL SPREAD S BEHIND THE FRONT
TODAY AND MON. FRESH N WINDS CONTINUE TUE. HIGH PRES BUILDS WED
AND THU WITH DIMINISHING WINDS VEERING FROM NE TO SE OVER GULF W
OF 90W. 

.THIS AFTERNOON...S WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.TONIGHT...W WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.MON...N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.MON NIGHT...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT...BUILDING TO
6 TO 9 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
.TUE...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.WED...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.THU...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...FRESH TO STRONG SW WINDS N OF 27N AHEAD OF NEXT COLD
FRONT FORECAST TO ENTER NW PORTION TONIGHT. COLD FRONT SWEEPS
RAPIDLY E AND EXTENDS FROM 30N68W TO STRAITS OF FLORIDA LATE
MON...FROM 26N65W TO E CUBA LATE TUE THEN STALL AND MOVE E OF THE
AREA THU. STRONG TO NEAR GALE FORCE NW WINDS WILL PREVAIL N OF
30N BEHIND THE FRONT MON NIGHT INTO TUE.

.THIS AFTERNOON...S OF 27N...S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. N OF 27N...S
WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING SW 20 TO 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON.
SEAS 3 TO 5 FT...BUILDING TO 4 TO 6 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. 
.TONIGHT...SW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT S OF 27N...AND SW 20 TO 25 KT N
OF 27N. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.MON...S OF 27N...SW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING W 10 TO 15 KT
IN THE AFTERNOON. N OF 27N...W WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6
FT...BUILDING TO 5 TO 8 FT IN THE AFTERNOON.
.MON NIGHT...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N...AND NW 20 TO 25 KT N
OF 27N. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.TUE...N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.WED...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.THU...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.