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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1107 AM EDT WED APR 3 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...LOW PRES NEAR 28N93W WITH A DEVELOPING COLD FRONT SW
TO JUST S OF BROWNSVILLE TEXAS AND A WARM FRONT ESE TO 24N84W
WILL LIFT NE TO SE LOUISIANA AND THE MISSISSIPPI DELTA REGION
TONIGHT INTO THU. THE LOW WILL THEN MOVE ENE ACROSS THE WESTERN
FLORIDA PANHANDLE THU NIGHT AND FRI WHILE SLOWLY
DEEPENING...THEN TURN NE AND CONTINUE ACROSS THE SE UNITED
STATES THU NIGHT AND FRI. THE LOW WILL PUSH THE COLD FRONT
ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE WESTERN GULF THROUGH EARLY THU...TO
A POSITION FROM NEAR TAMPA FLORIDA TO NE YUCATAN PENINSULA BY
LATE THU NIGHT...AND TO JUST SE OF THE GULF BY EARLY FRI
AFTERNOON. WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND NUMEROUS TSTMS WITH GUSTY
WINDS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS A GOOD PORTION OF THE NORTHERN GULF
THROUGH FRI AFTERNOON WHILE SHIFTING EASTWARD. HIGH PRES WILL
BUILD ACROSS THE AREA IN BEHIND THE FRONT AND CONTINUE THROUGH
SUN. 

.THIS AFTERNOON...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.TONIGHT...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KT
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.THU...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT...BUILDING TO 4 TO
6 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. SCATTERED SHOWERS. 
.THU NIGHT...S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.FRI...NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.SAT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SUN...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...A WEAK COLD FRONT FROM 31N59W FROM 31N59W TO 25N67W
WILL SHIFT E OF THE AREA THU. LOW PRES WILL TRACK NE FROM THE
GULF OF MEXICO TO ACROSS THE SE UNITED STATES TONIGHT THROUGH THU
 NIGHT WHILE DEEPENING. THE ASSOCIATED STRONG COLD FRONT WILL
MOVE INTO THE NW PORTION EARLY FRI...AND QUICKLY REACH FROM NEAR
31N76W TO STRAITS OF FLORIDA AND WESTERN CUBA FRI EVENING. LOW
PRES WILL FORM ALONG THE FRONT AND MOVE ESE ACROSS THE FAR
NORTHERN WATERS THROUGH SUN...WITH THE COLD FRONT FORECAST TO
EXTEND FROM NEAR 31N74W TO EASTERN CUBA SAT AFTERNOON...AND FROM
NEAR 31N68W TO 25N68W AND STATIONARY TO EASTERN CUBA BY LATE SUN.
THE PRES DIFFERENCE BETWEEN IT AND HIGH PRES OVER THE CENTRAL AND
EASTERN PORTIONS WILL INCREASE WINDS AND SEAS ACROSS THE NORTHERN
WATERS THU THROUGH FRI BEFORE DIMINISHING FRI NIGHT INTO SAT AS
THESE CONDITIONS SPREAD EASTWARD. WEAK HIGH PRES WILL SE ACROSS
THE AREA IN THE WAKE OF THE LOW AND FRONT.

.THIS AFTERNOON...S OF 27N...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT... INCREASING TO
10 TO 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. N OF 27N...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS
2 TO 3 FT. 
.TONIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT...BUILDING TO 2 TO
4 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS
MAINLY FAR W PART N OF 27N. 
.THU...S OF 27N...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. N OF 27N...SE WINDS
10 TO 15 KT...INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS
3 TO 5 FT. WINDS AND SEAS HIGHER IN AND NEAR SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
TSTMS N OF 27N. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND TSTMS S OF 27N. 
.THU NIGHT...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT S OF 27N...AND SE 20 TO 25 KT N
OF 27N. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT...BUILDING TO 5 TO 7 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT.
WINDS AND SEAS HIGHER IN AND NEAR SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS
AND TSTMS.
.FRI...SW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.SAT...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SUN...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.