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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
519 AM EDT TUE MAY 7 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 DISSIPATING COLD FRONT IS OVER THE FAR SE
GULF...AND WILL EXIT THE AREA DURING THE MORNING. A WEAK TROUGH
FROM APALACHICOLA TO 29N789W WILL SWEEP ACROSS THE REST OF THE
NE GULF THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. HIGH PRES OF 1018 MB NEAR 27N94W
WILL MOVE TO THE CENTRAL GULF WED...AND TO THE EASTERN GULF BY
LATE WED WHERE IT IS FORECAST TO REMAIN STATIONARY THROUGH SAT.
THE COMBINATION OF THIS HIGH AND LOW PRES FORECAST TO DEVELOP
OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS WILL ALLOW FOR MODERATE TO FRESH
SOUTHERLY RETURN FLOW TO SET UP OVER THE WESTERN GULF WED
THROUGH LATE FRI. A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE NW GULF
ON SAT. 

.TODAY...NW WINDS LESS THAN 5 KT...BECOMING W IN THE AFTERNOON.
SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.TONIGHT...NW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. 
.WED...E WINDS LESS THAN 5 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. 
.WED NIGHT...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 FT. 
.THU...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. 
.FRI...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. 
.SAT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...A WEAKENING COLD FRONT FROM 31N76W TO THE STRAITS OF
FLORIDA WILL REACH FROM NEAR 31N75W TO THE CENTRAL BAHAMAS AND TO
NW CUBA BY EARLY THIS EVENING...AND FROM NEAR 31N74W TO THE
CENTRAL BAHAMAS BY LATE WED AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. THE
FRONT WILL THEN BECOME STATIONARY AND FURTHER WEAKEN INTO A
TROUGH NEAR 71W/72W BY THU...AND LINGER INTO SAT. A WEAK FRONTAL
TROUGH WILL MOVE ACROSS THE NW PORTION ON WED BEFORE DISSIPATING
OVER THE N CENTRAL PORTION ON THU. A WARM FRONT FROM 31N75W TO
27N69W WILL LIFT NE OF THE AREA TONIGHT. A WEAK COLD FRONT IS
EXPECTED TO APPROACH THE FLORIDA NE COAST LATE SAT. OTHERWISE...
WEAK HIGH PRES WILL REMAIN ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH SAT.

.TODAY...W WINDS 5 TO 10 KT S OF 27N...AND W 10 TO 15 KT N OF
27N. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. ISOLATED SHOWERS N OF 27N.
.TONIGHT...S OF 27N...W WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING SE AFTER
MIDNIGHT. N OF 27N...SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT...
SUBSIDING TO 2 TO 4 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. ISOLATED SHOWERS N OF 27N. 
.WED...S OF 27N...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. N OF 27N...SW WINDS 10 TO
15 KT...DIMINISHING TO 5 TO 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 TO
3 FT. 
.WED NIGHT...S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.THU...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. 
.FRI...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.SAT...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.