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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1019 PM 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 EXTENDING FROM NEAR 30N84W TO 26N87W TO
18N94W WILL REACH FROM NEAR SW FLORIDA TO THE NE TIP OF THE
YUCATAN PENINSULA LATE TONIGHT...PUSHING SE OF THE GULF BY EARLY
FRI MORNING. HIGH PRES WILL BUILD IN ACROSS THE GULF IN THE WAKE
OF THE FRONT...SHIFTING EASTWARD SAT AND SUN AS LOW PRES DEEPENS
OVER THE CENTRAL U.S. THIS WILL ALLOW FOR SOUTHERLY RETURN FLOW TO
INCREASE OVER THE WESTERN GULF THROUGH TUE.

.OVERNIGHT...SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. NUMEROUS
SHOWERS AND SCATTERED TSTMS. WINDS AND SEAS MAY BE HIGHER IN AND
NEAR TSTMS.
.FRI...SW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...SHIFTING TO W TO NW BEHIND FRONT.
SEAS 3 TO 5 FT...BUILDING TO 4 TO 7 FT BEHIND FRONT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND TSTMS AHEAD OF FRONT.
.FRI NIGHT...NW TO N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING N 10 TO 15 KT
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 5 TO 8 FT.
.SAT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT...SUBSIDING TO 3 TO 5
FT IN THE AFTERNOON.
.SAT NIGHT...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING E 10 TO 15 KT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT IN NW SWELL...SUBSIDING TO 2 TO 4 FT
AFTER MIDNIGHT.
.SUN...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.MON...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.TUE...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE TONIGHT
AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT IN THE GULF OF MEXICO. THE
FRONT WILL REACH FROM 31N77W TO LOW PRES NEAR 30.5N77W 1009 MB TO
29N81W FRI MORNING...AND FROM NEAR BERMUDA TO THE WINDWARD PASSAGE
SAT MORNING. LOW PRES IS EXPECTED TO FORM ALONG THE FRONT OVER THE
NE WATERS LATE SAT AND TRACK NE AWAY FROM THE AREA SUN...WITH THE
FRONT SLOWLY WEAKENING OVER THE SE WATERS THROUGH MON. HIGH PRES
BUILDS W OVER THE NORTHERN PORTION LATE SUN THROUGH TUE.

.OVERNIGHT...S OF 27N...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...INCREASING TO 15
TO 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. N OF 27N...S WINDS 15 TO 25 KT...
INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT. NUMEROUS
SHOWERS AND SCATTERED TSTMS. WINDS AND SEAS MAY BE HIGHER IN AND
NEAR TSTMS.
.FRI...S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT S OF 27N...AND SW 20 TO 30 KT N OF 27N.
WINDS BECOMING W TO NW 15 TO 20 KT BEHIND FRONT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS AHEAD OF FRONT.
.FRI NIGHT...S OF 27N...W TO NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING NW
10 TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. N OF 27N...NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS
4 TO 6 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS EARLY.
.SAT...S OF 27N...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. N OF 27N...N WINDS 15 TO
20 KT...DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
.SAT NIGHT...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT S OF 27N...AND NE 10 TO 15 KT N OF
27N. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT...IN N TO NE SWELL S OF 27N.
.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. 
.TUE...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.