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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
452 PM EDT FRI MAY 3 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 STRONG COLD FRONT EXTENDING MAINLY NORTH TO SOUTH
FROM SE LOUISIANA TO MERIDA IN THE YUCATAN PENINSULA WILL
CONTINUE TO MOVE EASTWARD EXITING THE AREA LATE TONIGHT. COMPLEX
AND ELONGATED LOW PRES AHEAD OF THE FRONT EXTENDS FROM 1008 LOW
CENTER NEAR 28N84W SE ACROSS FLORIDA AND INTO CENTRAL
BAHAMAS...WITH TROUGH EXTENDING S ACROSS WESTERN CUBA. ENTIRE
SYSTEM TO SHIFT SLOWLY NE AND ACROSS FLORIDA TONIGHT THROUGH SAT
MORNING. STRONG TO GALE FORCE NORTHERLY WINDS OVER PORTIONS OF
THE WESTERN GULF BEHIND THE FRONT WILL PERSIST INTO THIS EVENING
BEFORE WEAKENING. ANOTHER COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO SWEEP ACROSS
THE NE GULF WATERS LATE SAT THROUGH SUN WITH FRESH TO STRONG
WINDS. WEAK HIGH PRES WILL DOMINATE THE GULF WATERS THE
REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST PERIOD. 

.TONIGHT...NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT...BUILDING TO
4 TO 6 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
.SAT...NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.SUN...NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.SUN NIGHT...NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.
.MON...NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.TUE...NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.WED...NW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...THE COMBINATION OF HIGH PRES BUILDING ACROSS THE N
WATERS AND COMPLEX ELONGATED LOW PRES EXTENDING FROM THE EASTERN
GULF OF MEXICO SE TO THE CENTRAL BAHAMAS WILL CONTINUE TO BRING
STRONG TO GALE FORCE WINDS AND BUILDING SEAS ACROSS MUCH OF THE
WATERS THROUGH SAT NIGHT. THE LOW PRES IS FORECAST TO MOVE SLOWLY
NE ACROSS THE FLORIDA PENINSULA TONIGHT THROUGH SAT MORNING...AND
OVER THE NW AND CENTRAL BAHAMAS SAT AS IT WEAKENS TO A TROUGH
THROUGH SUN. LONG PERIOD NE SWELLS WILL CONTINUE OVER MUCH OF THE
REGION THROUGH TUE. 

.TONIGHT...SW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT S OF 27N...AND E 25 TO 30 KT N OF
27N. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.SAT...S OF 27N...SW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...INCREASING TO 10 TO 15 KT
IN THE AFTERNOON. N OF 27N...E WINDS 25 TO 30 KT...DIMINISHING TO
20 TO 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.SAT NIGHT...S OF 27N...W WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. N OF 27N...E WINDS
20 TO 25 KT...DIMINISHING TO 15 TO 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS
5 TO 7 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.SUN...W WINDS 5 TO 10 KT S OF 27N...AND SE 15 TO 20 KT N OF 27N.
SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.SUN NIGHT...NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N...AND SW 15 TO 20 KT N
OF 27N. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT...SUBSIDING TO 3 TO 5 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
.MON...W WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.TUE...W WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.WED...W WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.