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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
544 AM EDT THU AUG 15 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 TROPICAL WAVE IS MOVING WEST NORTHWEST THROUGH THE
YUCATAN CHANNEL THIS MORNING. LOW PRESSURE ALONG THE WAVE WILL
MOVE NW ACROSS THE YUCATAN PENINSULA LATER TODAY...MOVING
OFFSHORE THE YUCATAN PENINSULA NEAR 22N89W EARLY FRI...THEN
EXPECTED TO MOVE N ACROSS THE CENTRAL GULF WATERS ON FRI NIGHT
AND SAT REACHING SOUTHERN LOUISIANA SAT NIGHT...WITH THE
POSSIBILITY OF TROPICAL CYCLONE FORMATION. 

.TODAY...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.TONIGHT...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...INCREASING TO 10 TO 15 KT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.FRI...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.FRI NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.SAT...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SUN...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.MON...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...A RIDGE EXTENDING E TO W ALONG 28N WILL LIFT IN N TO
30N BY FRI...THEN ALONG 31N THIS WEEKEND.  

.TODAY...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT S OF 27N...AND S 10 TO 15 KT N OF
27N. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.TONIGHT...S OF 27N...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. N OF 27N...S WINDS
5 TO 10 KT...INCREASING TO 10 TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO
3 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.FRI...S OF 27N...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. N OF 27N...S WINDS 10 TO
15 KT...DIMINISHING TO 5 TO 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 TO
3 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N...AND S 5 TO 10 KT N OF
27N. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.SAT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.SUN...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.MON...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.