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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
958 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 28N85W
TO 1009 MB LOW PRES NEAR 28N91W WITH A COLD FRONT FROM THE LOW
THROUGH 26N93W TO 19N95W. THE LOW WILL SHIFT NE OF THE GULF TO
31N85W WHILE DEEPENING TO 1006 MB BY THU EVENING...WITH THE
FRONT EXTENDING FROM THE LOW TO 26N86W TO 18N94W THEN...FROM SW
FLORIDA TO THE YUCATAN PENINSULA FRI MORNING...SHIFTING SE OF
THE GULF BY FRI AFTERNOON. HIGH PRES BUILDS IN BEHIND THE FRONT
WITH SOUTHERLY RETURN FLOW ACROSS THE GULF LATE SAT THROUGH MON.

.OVERNIGHT...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND TSTMS N OF 24N.
.THU...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.THU NIGHT...SW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...SHIFTING TO NW BEHIND FRONT.
SEAS 4 TO 7 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS NEAR FRONT.
.FRI...E OF FRONT...S TO SW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. W OF FRONT...NW
WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 8 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 5 FT. 
.SUN...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 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.

.OVERNIGHT...S OF 27N...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. N OF 27N...E WINDS
5 TO 10 KT...INCREASING TO 10 TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO
4 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND 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 TSTMS.
.THU NIGHT...S OF 27N...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...INCREASING TO 15
TO 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. N OF 27N...SE TO S WINDS 20 TO 25 KT.
SEAS 5 TO 8 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
TSTMS.
.FRI...S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT S OF 27N...AND SW 20 TO 30 KT N OF
27N. WINDS SHIFTING TO W TO NW BEHIND FRONT. SEAS 5 TO 8 FT.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS NEAR FRONT.
.FRI NIGHT...W TO NW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 8 FT...
SUBSIDING TO 4 TO 6 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
ISOLATED TSTMS.
.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 N TO NE SWELL. 
.MON...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.