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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
434 PM EDT SUN MAR 31 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 HIGH PRES RIDGE WILL PREVAIL ACROSS MOST OF THE
AREA THROUGH MON. FRESH TO STRONG SE WINDS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS
THE WESTERN GULF LATE TUE AND WED IN RESPONSE TO DEEPENING AREA
OF LOW PRES IN THE TEXAS PANHANDLE. STRONG HIGH PRES WILL PUSH
SOUTHWARD INTO THE NORTHERN GULF WED. LOW PRES SYSTEM EXPECTED
TO DEVELOP IN THE NW GULF NEAR 28N95W LATE WED AND MOVE TO NEAR
29N86W LATE THU. THE LOW WILL SHIFT NE OF THE AREA FRI WITH
ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT SHIFTING SE OF THE GULF WATERS FRI NIGHT. 

.TONIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...DIMINISHING TO 5 TO 10 KT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT...SUBSIDING TO 2 TO 3 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT.
.MON...S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT...SUBSIDING TO 1 TO
2 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. 
.MON NIGHT...N WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. 
.TUE...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. 
.TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING E 10 TO 15 KT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT...BUILDING TO 2 TO 3 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
.WED...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.THU...S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.FRI...NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE WILL PERSIST ALONG 28N THROUGH
MON EVENING THEN SHIFT E TO THE CENTRAL ATLC. A WEAK COLD FRONT
WILL MOVE ACROSS WATERS N OF 29N MON NIGHT THROUGH WED. SE WINDS
WILL INCREASE W OF 75W THU AS A LOW PRES SYSTEM INTENSIFIES IN
THE EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO. THE LOW WILL SHIFT N OF THE FORECAST
AREA FRI WITH ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT ENTERING THE NW PORTION. 

.TONIGHT...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.MON...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N...AND S 15 TO 20 KT N OF
27N. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.MON NIGHT...S OF 27N...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT... DIMINISHING TO
5 TO 10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. N OF 27N...SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS
2 TO 4 FT...SUBSIDING TO 2 TO 3 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS. 
.TUE...S OF 27N...N WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. N OF 27N...NW WINDS 10 TO
15 KT...BECOMING N 5 TO 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.
.WED...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.THU...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.FRI...SW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT.