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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1056 PM EDT THU AUG 1 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...WEAK RIDGE FROM NE FLORIDA TO THE CENTRAL GULF WILL
REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY THROUGH FRI NIGHT...THEN SHIFT S TO
NEAR 26N SAT THROUGH MON. 

.OVERNIGHT...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. ISOLATED SHOWERS
AND TSTMS.
.FRI...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT...SUBSIDING TO 0 TO
1 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.FRI NIGHT...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 FT OR LESS. ISOLATED
SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 
.SAT...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...DIMINISHING TO LESS THAN 5 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 1 FT OR LESS. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND TSTMS.
.SAT NIGHT...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 FT OR LESS. 
.SUN...N WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. 
.MON...N WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 FT OR LESS. 
.TUE...NW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 FT OR LESS.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...HIGH PRES RIDGE ALONG 29N WILL REMAIN THROUGH SAT
NIGHT...THEN SHIFT S TO NEAR 26N EARLY MON AS A WEAK FRONT PASSES
N OF THE AREA. A SURFACE TROUGH FROM 27N78W TO 23N81W WILL MOVE
NW TO N TO ALONG A POSITION FROM NEAR 29N79W TO 27N80W BY FRI
EVENING...WITH POSSIBLE LOW PRES DEVELOPING ALONG IT. THE TROUGH 
IS THEN FORECAST TO MOVE IN A N TO NE DIRECTION REACHING FROM 
LOW PRES NEAR 30N70W 1010 MB...POSSIBLY A TROPICAL CYCLONE TO 
27N79W BY SAT MORNING. BY SAT EVENING...THE TROUGH AND/OR LOW 
PRES...OR POSSIBLE TROPICAL CYCLONE...SHOULD BE MERGING WITH A 
FRONTAL TROUGH NEAR OR JUST N OF 31N.

.OVERNIGHT...S OF 27N...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. N OF 27N...SE WINDS
10 TO 15 KT...INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO
3 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS.
.FRI...S OF 27N...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. N OF 27N...SE WINDS 15 TO
20 KT...INCREASING TO 20 TO 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 TO
4 FT...BUILDING TO 3 TO 5 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. NUMEROUS SHOWERS
AND SCATTERED TSTMS. 
.FRI NIGHT...S OF 27N...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT... INCREASING TO
10 TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. N OF 27N...SE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...
BECOMING S 15 TO 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.SAT...S OF 27N...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT... DIMINISHING TO 5 TO
10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. N OF 27N...SW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS
3 TO 5 FT...SUBSIDING TO 2 TO 4 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. 
.SAT NIGHT...S OF 27N...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. N OF 27N...S WINDS
10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING SW 5 TO 10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO
3 FT. 
.SUN...S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. 
.MON...SW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. 
.TUE...S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT.