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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
520 AM EDT FRI SEP 27 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 WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY FROM S FLORIDA W-SW ACROSS
SE PORTIONS OF THE GULF TO NEAR 24.5N90W WILL SINK SE AND REACH
THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA BY AFTERNOON THEN DRIFT SE INTO NW CUBA
OVER THE WEEKEND. HIGH PRES BUILDING ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN U.S.
TODAY THROUGH SAT WILL FRESHEN SLIGHTLY NE WINDS IN THE NE GULF
THIS WEEKEND. A WEAK RIDGE WILL DOMINATE THE GULF WATERS THE
REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST PERIOD. 

.TODAY...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT...SUBSIDING TO 1 TO
2 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. 
.TONIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT...BUILDING TO
2 TO 3 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.SAT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.SUN...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.MON...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.TUE...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY EXTENDS ACROSS N AND NW
PORTIONS FROM GALE CENTER NEAR 31.5N61.5W TO 1007 MB LOW NEAR
29N75.5W THEN SW ACROSS S FLORIDA AND INTO SE GULF OF MEXICO. THE
GALE CENTER WILL MOVE E-NE AND EXIT THE REGION THROUGH SAT WHILE
DRAGGING THE FRONT ACROSS ATLC WATERS N OF 27N...WITH STRONG TO
NEAR GALE SW WINDS EXPECTED WITHIN 240 NM SE OF THE FRONT THIS
MORNING. THE SECOND LOW PRES WILL MOVE SLOWLY E-SE THROUGH
SAT...THEN ACCELERATE NE SAT NIGHT THROUGH MON. EXPECT FRESH TO
STRONG N-NE WINDS AND SEAS BUILDING TO 8 FT ACROSS NW PORTIONS
AND FLORIDA COASTAL WATERS N OF 27N THROUGH SAT.

.TODAY...NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N...AND N 15 TO 20 KT N OF
27N. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.TONIGHT...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N...AND NE 15 TO 20 KT N OF
27N. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.SAT...N WINDS 5 TO 10 KT S OF 27N...AND NE 15 TO 20 KT N OF 27N.
SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.SAT NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SUN...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.MON...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.TUE...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.