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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
451 AM EDT FRI APR 5 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 FLORIDA BIG BEND REGION
TO W COAST OF YUCATAN PENINSULA WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SE AND
EXIT THE BASIN THIS EVENING. STRONG TSTMS EXPECTED AHEAD OF
FRONT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. 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. 

.TODAY...W WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT...BUILDING TO 4 TO
6 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.TONIGHT...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.SAT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT...SUBSIDING TO 3 TO
5 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. 
.SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT...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 W AND NW PORTIONS TODAY
AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT IN THE GULF OF MEXICO. THE
FRONT WILL REACH FROM 31N77W TO W CUBA THIS EVENING...FROM NEAR
BERMUDA TO CENTRAL CUBA SAT EVENING...AND FROM NEAR 25N65W TO E
CENTRAL CUBA SUN EVENING. 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.

.TODAY...S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT S OF 27N...AND SW 20 TO 25 KT N OF
27N. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.TONIGHT...S OF 27N...W WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING NW 10 TO
15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. N OF 27N...W WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...BECOMING
NW 15 TO 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.SAT...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N...AND N 15 TO 20 KT N OF 27N.
SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...S OF 27N...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. N OF 27N...NE WINDS
15 TO 20 KT...DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS
3 TO 5 FT. 
.SUN...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.MON...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.TUE...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.