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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
443 AM EDT THU APR 4 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 COLD FRONT FROM LOW NEAR 29N87W TO 26N92W WILL
REACH FROM SW FLORIDA TO THE YUCATAN PENINSULA FRI AND EXIT THE
REGION FRI NIGHT. HIGH PRES BEHIND THE FRONT WILL SHIFT E SAT AND
ALLOW SOUTHERLY RETURN FLOW LATE SAT THROUGH MON.

.TODAY...S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND ISOLATED TSTMS.
.TONIGHT...SW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND ISOLATED TSTMS.
.FRI...W WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT. SCATTERED TSTMS.
.FRI NIGHT...NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 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 WINDS WILL INCREASE TODAY AHEAD OF A LOW
PRES SYSTEM IN THE GULF OF MEXICO. THE LOW WILL MOVE N OF THE
AREA LATE TONIGHT AND DRAG A COLD FRONT INTO THE REGION FRI. THE
FRONT WILL REACH FROM 31N74W TO THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA FRI AND
FROM BERMUDA TO THE WINDWARD PASSAGE SAT. THE FRONT IS EXPECTED
TO STALL AND WEAKEN SUN...THEN DISSIPATE MON.

.TODAY...S OF 27N...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. N OF 27N...SE WINDS
15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS.
.TONIGHT...S OF 27N...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. N OF 27N...S WINDS 20
TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS.
.FRI...S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT S OF 27N AND SW 20 TO 25 KT N OF 27N.
SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. SCATTERED TSTMS.
.FRI NIGHT...S OF 27N...SW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT... BECOMING W 10 TO
15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. N OF 27N...W WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO
7 FT. SCATTERED 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. 
.MON...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.