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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
433 PM 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...A WARM FRONT IN THE NE GULF EXTENDS FROM NEAR 27N85W
TO 1010 MB LOW PRES NEAR 29N92W WITH A COLD FRONT FROM THE LOW
TO THE SW JUST S OF BROWNSVILLE TEXAS. A PRE-FRONTAL TROUGH
EXTENDS FROM THE FIRST LOW TO ANOTHER LOW IN THE SW GULF NEAR
22N96W. THE FIRST LOW WILL SHIFT NE OF THE GULF THU MORNING WITH
THE COLD FRONT REACHING FROM 30N87W TO 19N95W THU AFTERNOON...FROM
SW FLORIDA TO THE YUCATAN PENINSULA FRI MORNING...SHIFTING SE OF
THE GULF BY FRI EVENING. HIGH PRES BUILDS IN BEHIND THE FRONT WITH
SOUTHERLY RETURN FLOW ACROSS THE GULF LATE SAT THROUGH MON.

.TONIGHT...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.THU...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
ISOLATED TSTMS.
.THU NIGHT...S TO SW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...SHIFTING TO NW BEHIND
FRONT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS NEAR FRONT.
.FRI...E OF FRONT...S TO SW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. W OF FRONT NW WINDS
15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS NEAR
FRONT.
.FRI NIGHT...NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 8 FT.
.SAT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 6 FT.
.SUN...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.
.MON...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...SOUTHERLY RETURN FLOW WILL INCREASE THROUGH THU AHEAD
OF A LOW PRES SYSTEM IN THE GULF OF MEXICO. THAT LOW WILL TRACK NE
OF THE WATERS LATE THU NIGHT...DRAGGING A COLD FRONT INTO THE SW N
ATLC FRI. THE FRONT WILL REACH FROM 31N74W TO THE STRAITS OF
FLORIDA FRI EVENING...THEN FROM NEAR BERMUDA TO NEAR THE WINDWARD
PASSAGE SAT EVENING WHILE WEAKENING. THE FRONT WILL STALL OUT OVER
THE SE PORTION SUN...DISSIPATING BY MON AS HIGH PRES BUILDS DOWN
FROM THE N.

.TONIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS 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
2 TO 4 FT...BUILDING TO 3 TO 5 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS.
.THU NIGHT...S OF 27N...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...INCREASING TO 15
TO 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. N OF 27N...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...
BECOMING S 20 TO 25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT...BUILDING
TO 5 TO 7 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS.
.FRI...E OF FRONT...S TO SW 20 TO 30 KT. W OF FRONT...W TO NW
WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 8 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS
NEAR FRONT.
.FRI NIGHT...W TO NW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT...SUBSIDING
TO 4 TO 6 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS NEAR
FRONT.
.SAT...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SUN...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT IN NE SWELL. 
.MON...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.