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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1000 PM EDT TUE APR 23 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...GENTLE TO MODERATE RETURN FLOW WILL PREVAIL ACROSS
THE REGION THROUGH TONIGHT. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE NW
GULF EARLY WED...THEN WILL WEAKEN AS IT REACHES FROM THE FLORIDA
PANHANDLE TO NEAR 26N95W TO THE SW GULF EARLY THU...WHERE IT
WILL STALL INTO FRI. THE LINGERING FRONTAL BOUNDARY OVER THE
WESTERN GULF WILL LIFT IN N AS A WARM FRONT FRI...WHILE THE
REMAINDER OF THE BOUNDARY DISSIPATES. MODERATE RETURN FLOW WILL
PREVAIL SAT THROUGH SUN.  

.OVERNIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING E 15 TO 20 KT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT...EXCEPT 4 TO 7 FT STRAITS OF FLORIDA. 
.WED...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.
.WED NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.THU...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.THU NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.FRI...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.
.SAT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.SUN...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...A COLD FRONT EXTENDING FROM 31N71W TO 25N74W WILL
DRIFT E THROUGH WED...STALLING E OF 70W AND DISSIPATING INTO A
TROUGH WED NIGHT. THE TROUGH WILL THEN REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY E
OF 70W THROUGH THE UPCOMING WEEKEND. ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL ENTER
THE NW WATERS THU NIGHT...DISSIPATING THROUGH FRI AS HIGH PRES
BUILDS SE ACROSS THE NW WATERS. LARGE LONG PERIOD NE SWELL WILL
IMPACT THE BASIN THIS WEEKEND.

.OVERNIGHT...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT S OF 27N...AND NE 10 TO 15 KT N
OF 27N. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.WED...S OF 27N...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. N OF 27N...NE WINDS 10 TO
15 KT...BECOMING E 5 TO 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.WED NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N...AND E 5 TO 10 KT N
OF 27N. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT...IN NE SWELL N OF 27N. 
.THU...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N...AND E 5 TO 10 KT N OF 27N.
SEAS 3 TO 5 FT...IN NE SWELL N OF 27N. 
.THU NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N...AND NE 5 TO 10 KT N
OF 27N. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT...BUILDING TO 3 TO 5 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT.
SEAS IN NE SWELL N OF 27N. 
.FRI...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SAT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.SUN...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.