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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1104 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 EXTENDS FROM A 1012 MB LOW NEAR SW TO
26N91W TO JUST S OF TAMPICO MEXICO. THE LOW WILL MOVE INLAND THE
FLORIDA PANHANDLE THIS AFTERNOON WITH THE COLD FRONT REACHING FROM
NEAR TAMPA FLORIDA TO NORTHERN YUCATAN PENINSULA LATE TONIGHT...FROM
SW FLORIDA TO YUCATAN CHANNEL EARLY FRI...THEN EXIT THE REGION FRI
AFTERNOON. HIGH PRES WILL BUILD ACROSS THE AREA IN THE WAKE OF THE
FRONT. HIGH PRES WILL THEN SHIFT EASTWARD SAT AND SUN AS LOW PRES
DEEPENS OVER THE CENTRAL UNITED STATES ALLOWING FOR SOUTHERLY
RETURN FLOW TO INCREASE OVER THE WESTERN GULF THROUGH MON.

.THIS AFTERNOON...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 6 FT...BUILDING TO 5 TO
7 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND 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 STRONG COLD FRONT INTO THE FAR NW 
PART FRI MORNING. THE FRONT WILL REACH FROM 31N74W TO THE 
STRAITS OF FLORIDA FRI BY EARLY FRI EVENING...FROM NEAR BERMUDA 
TO THE WINDWARD PASSAGE SAT. LOW PRES IS EXPECTED TO FORM ALONG 
THE FRONT OVER THE NE PORTION SAT AND TRACK NE AWAY FROM THE 
AREA SUN...WITH THE FRONT SLOWLY WEAKENING OVER THE SE WATERS 
INTO MON. HIGH PRES BUILDS W OVER THE NORTHERN PORTION LATE SUN 
AND MON.

.THIS AFTERNOON...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. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS N OF 27N. 
.TONIGHT...S OF 27N...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...INCREASING TO 15 TO
20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. N OF 27N...S WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO
6 FT...BUILDING TO 5 TO 7 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
TSTMS N OF 27N.
.FRI...S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT S OF 27N...AND SW 20 TO 25 KT N OF
27N. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. WINDS AND SEAS HIGHER IN AND NEAR NUMEROUS
SHOWERS AND SCATTERED TSTMS N OF 27N.
.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 5 TO
7 FT...SUBSIDING TO 4 TO 6 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND 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 PRIMARILY IN NE SWELL.
.MON...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.