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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
450 AM EDT TUE OCT 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...HIGH PRES OVER THE GULF WILL MOVE EASTWARD BY MID
WEEK ALLOWING FOR A COLD FRONT TO MOVE OFF THE TEXAS COAST WED.
THE COLD FRONT WILL REACH FROM SE LOUISIANA TO FAR NE MEXICO
EARLY THU AND FROM THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE TO NE MEXICO BY THU.
THE FRONT WILL THEN BECOME ALIGNED E TO W ALONG 27N FRI WITH THE
WESTERN PORTION BECOMING STATIONARY. THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE
FRONT WILL MOVE SLOWLY SOUTHWARD OVER THE EASTERN GULF INTO SAT
AS STRONG HIGH PRES BUILDS SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE NW AND N CENTRAL
GULF IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT. 

.TODAY...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.TONIGHT...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. 
.WED AND WED NIGHT...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. 
.THU THROUGH SAT...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...SURFACE TROUGH EXTENDS FROM 29N68W TO THE SE BAHAMAS.
THE TROUGH WILL MOVE SLOWLY EASTWARD THROUGH WED THEN BECOME
NEARLY STATIONARY THROUGH FRI. WEAK PRES PATTERN WILL CONTINUE
ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH SAT WITH LITTLE CHANGES IN WINDS AND SEAS
OUTSIDE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY.

.TODAY...S OF 27N...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. N OF 27N...NE WINDS
LESS THAN 5 KT...INCREASING TO 5 TO 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS
2 TO 4 FT. 
.TONIGHT...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.WED AND WED NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N...AND NE 5 TO
10 KT N OF 27N. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.THU THROUGH SAT...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.