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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
446 PM 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...COLD FRONT EXTENDING FROM THE FLORIDA BIG BEND TO
21N92W WILL MOVE SLOWLY E TONIGHT AND WEAKEN. 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.
MODERATE SE RETURN FLOW WILL SET UP OVER THE WESTERN GULF WED
AND THU. 

.TONIGHT...NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT...BUILDING TO
6 TO 9 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
.SUN...NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT...SUBSIDING TO 5 TO
7 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. 
.SUN NIGHT...NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.MON...NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING W 10 TO 15 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT...SUBSIDING TO 3 TO 5 FT IN THE
AFTERNOON. 
.MON NIGHT...NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
.TUE...NW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.WED...NW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. 
.THU...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 FT OR LESS.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...HIGH PRES BUILDING ACROSS THE N WATERS AND A 1005 MB
LOW PRES LOCATED NEAR CAPE CANAVERAL FLORIDA WILL CONTINUE TO
BRING STRONG WINDS AND LARGE SEAS ACROSS MUCH OF THE N PORTION OF
THE AREA THROUGH TONIGHT. THE LOW PRES WILL 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 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
AREA THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD.

.TONIGHT...NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N...AND E TO SE 20 TO 30
KT WITH HIGHER GUSTS N OF 27N. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND ISOLATED TSTMS.
.SUN...W WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N...AND S 15 TO 20 KT N OF 27N.
SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.SUN NIGHT...NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT...SUBSIDING TO
3 TO 5 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
.MON...NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING W 5 TO 10 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.MON NIGHT...S OF 27N...W WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...INCREASING TO 10 TO
15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. N OF 27N...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. 
.THU...S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT.