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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
520 PM EDT SAT OCT 19 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 EXTENDS FROM THE FLORIDA BIG BEND
REGION SW TO THE MEXICAN COAST JUST S OF TAMPICO LATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND HAS BEGUN TO SHIFT SLOWLY SE. THE FRONT IS BEING
REINFORCED BY A SECOND FRONT THAT HAS MOVED OFF THE TEXAS COAST
TODAY AND EXTENDED FROM SE LOUISIANA TO NEAR 25N98W LATE THIS
AFTERNOON...AND WILL SHIFT SE AND GRADUALLY MERGE WITH LEADING
FRONT BY SUN EVENING...REACHING FROM NEAR TARPON SPRINGS FLORIDA
TO BROWNSVILLE TEXAS BEFORE STALLING AND WEAKENING THERE INTO
MON. A THIRD COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE NORTHERN GULF WATERS
TUE AND SHIFT SE...REACHING FROM SW FLORIDA TO 21N95W TO 18N94W
BY LATE WED. STRONG TO NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS WILL FOLLOW THIS
THIRD FRONT IN THE FAR SW GULF WED. 

.TONIGHT...N WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 FT OR LESS. SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.SUN...NE WINDS LESS THAN 5 KT. SEAS 1 FT OR LESS. 
.SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 FT OR LESS. 
.MON...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 FT OR LESS. 
.MON NIGHT...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. 
.TUE...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. 
.WED...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.THU...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...A WEAK PRES PATTERN DUE TO A BROAD TROUGH ACROSS THE
BASIN WILL MAINTAIN GENTLE TO MODERATE NE TO E WINDS AND SLIGHT
SEAS THROUGH SUN. A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL MOVE OFF THE NE FLORIDA
COAST LATE TONIGHT...THEN STALL AND BECOME DIFFUSE MON. A SECOND
AND STRONGER COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE OFF NE FLORIDA COAST
EARLY WED. 

.TONIGHT...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT...SUBSIDING TO
1 TO 2 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
.SUN...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...DIMINISHING TO LESS THAN 5 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. 
.SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. 
.MON...S OF 27N...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. N OF 27N...SE WINDS 5 TO
10 KT...DIMINISHING TO LESS THAN 5 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 TO
3 FT...SUBSIDING TO 1 TO 2 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. 
.MON NIGHT...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT...BUILDING TO
2 TO 3 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
.TUE...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.WED...SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. 
.THU...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.