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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
521 AM EDT MON MAY 13 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 FROM JUST N OF TAMPA BAY TO 25N90W TO
NEAR TUXPAN MEXICO EARLY THIS MORNING WILL REMAIN STATIONARY
ACROSS W PORTIONS TODAY...WHILE E PORTION MOVES SE...STRETCHING
FROM UPPER FLORIDA KEYS TO 24.5N90W THIS EVENING. THE WESTERN
PORTION OF THE FRONT WILL DISSIPATE TONIGHT WHILE THE EASTERN
PORTION PASSES THROUGH THE YUCATAN CHANNEL AND STRAITS OF
FLORIDA TONIGHT THROUGH TUE. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER THE
GULF BEHIND THE FRONT WITH A RIDGE ESTABLISHED ALONG 29N WED
THROUGH FRI TO PRODUCE MODERATE RETURN FLOW ACROSS W HALF. 

.TODAY...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT...BUILDING TO 2 TO
3 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. 
.TONIGHT...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT...BUILDING TO 2 TO 4 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
.TUE...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.WED...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.THU...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.FRI...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...WEAKENING LOW PRES CENTERED NEAR 23.5N69W WITH TROUGH
EXTENDING SW TO NEAR 20N70W WILL WEAKEN TO N TO S ALIGNED TROUGH
TODAY AND DRIFT W TO ALONG 70W BY THIS EVENING. A COLD FRONT
MOVING OFF THE NE COAST OF FLORIDA EXTENDS FROM 31N77W TO JUST N
OF CAPE CANAVERAL THIS MORNING...WITH PRE FRONTAL TROUGH JUST A
FEW DEGREES TO THE SE. THE FRONT WILL MOVE SE AND MERGE WITH
TROUGH...REACHING FROM 31N73W TO EXTREME S FLORIDA BY THIS
EVENING...FROM 30N64W TO CENTRAL BAHAMAS BY TUE EVENING THEN FROM
24.5N65W TO SOUTHERN BAHAMAS WED EVENING. TROUGH ALONG 70W THIS
EVENING WILL BE FORCED SE BY APPROACHING FRONT TONIGHT THROUGH
WED. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD BEHIND THE FRONT...MOVING OFF THE
SE COAST OF U.S. TUE...AND SLIDE E TO BERMUDA BY THU.

.TODAY...S OF 27N...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. N OF 27N...W WINDS 5 TO
10 KT...BECOMING NW 15 TO 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 1 TO
2 FT...BUILDING TO 2 TO 3 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.TONIGHT...S OF 27N...NW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING N 10 TO
15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. N OF 27N...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO
3 FT. 
.TUE...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS. 
.TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT S OF 27N...AND NE 10 TO 15 KT N
OF 27N. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.WED...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.THU...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.FRI...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.