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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
526 AM EDT SAT MAY 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 JUST E OF PENSACOLA
FLORIDA TO N CENTRAL YUCATAN PENINSULA WILL WEAKEN AS IT SLOWLY
MOVE E THROUGH TONIGHT. WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO
DIMINISH. ANOTHER COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE NW
GULF EARLY SUN...THEN QUICKLY MOVE ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF
WATERS THROUGH LATE SUN FOLLOWED BY FRESH TO STRONG WINDS. WINDS
AND SEAS WILL DIMINISH OVER MUCH OF THE AREA MON THROUGH WED AS
WEAK HIGH PRES SETTLES OVER THE GULF WATERS. 

.TODAY...NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT...BUILDING TO 5 TO
7 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. ISOLATED SHOWERS.
.TONIGHT...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...INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.MON...W WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.TUE...NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.WED...NW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...THE COMBINATION OF HIGH PRES BUILDING ACROSS THE N 
WATERS AND A 1006 MB LOW PRES LOCATED NEAR CAPE CANAVERAL FLORIDA
WILL CONTINUE TO BRING STRONG TO GALE FORCE WINDS AND LARGE SEAS
ACROSS MUCH OF THE N WATERS INTO EARLY TONIGHT. THE LOW PRES IS
FORECAST TO DRIFT TO NE FLORIDA TONIGHT...AND TO ACROSS SE
GEORGIA SUN. A FRONTAL TROUGH ASSOCIATED WITH THE LOW WILL ALSO
LIFT N THROUGH TONIGHT REACHING FROM NEAR 31N80W TO 25N73W
SUN...AND THE NE WATERS BY MON WITH AS A WEAK PRES PATTERN 
SETTLES IN ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH WED. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE
ACROSS THE FAR NW AND N CENTRAL WATERS LATE MON AND TUE. LONG
PERIOD NE SWELLS WILL CONTINUE OVER MUCH OF THE REGION THROUGH
THE FORECAST PERIOD.

...GALE WARNING N OF 28N...

.TODAY...N OF 28N...E WINDS 30 TO 35 KT...DIMINISHING TO 20 TO 30
KT IN THE MORNING. SEAS 12 TO 16 FT. ELSEWHERE N OF 27N...E WINDS
25 TO 30 KT...BECOMING SE 20 TO 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 8 TO
13 FT. S OF 27N...W WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT IN NE SWELL.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS.
.TONIGHT...W WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N...AND SE 20 TO 25 KT N OF
27N. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.SUN...S OF 27N...W WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. N OF 27N...S WINDS 15 TO
20 KT...BECOMING SW 10 TO 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATE TSTMS.
.SUN NIGHT...S OF 27N...NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. N OF 27N...W WINDS
5 TO 10 KT...INCREASING TO 10 TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 TO
5 FT. 
.MON...W WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.TUE...W WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.WED...W WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.