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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1057 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 NE FLORIDA TO THE
YUCATAN CHANNEL WILL EXIT THE GULF THIS AFTERNOON. HIGH PRES
WILL BUILD E ACROSS THE AREA IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT THROUGH
TONIGHT...THEN SHIFT 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. 

.THIS AFTERNOON...W WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND TSTMS FAR E PART AND STRAITS OF FLORIDA EARLY.
.TONIGHT...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. ISOLATED SHOWERS. 
.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 TO INCREASE OVER THE NW
PORTION TODAY AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT THAT EXTENDS FROM 31N79W SW
TO LOW PRES 1011 MB OVER NORTHERN FLORIDA AND S OVER THE EASTERN
GULF OF MEXICO. THE COLD FRONT WILL REACH FROM NEAR 31N77W TO
WESTERN CUBA EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...FROM NEAR BERMUDA TO CENTRAL
CUBA SAT...AND FROM NEAR 25N65W TO EASTERN CENTRAL CUBA SUN. 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.

.THIS AFTERNOON...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.