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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
456 AM EDT WED OCT 23 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 FRONT FROM THE WESTERN FLORIDA
PANHANDLE TO NE MEXICO WILL OVERTAKE A STATIONARY FRONT FROM
NEAR TARPON SPRINGS FLORIDA TO VERACRUZ MEXICO LATER TODAY. THE
MERGED FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM SW FLORIDA TO THE FAR SW GULF OF
MEXICO BY LATE TODAY. HIGH PRES BUILDING OVER THE DEEP SOUTH
STATES FRI WILL MAINTAIN FRESH TO STRONG NE TO E WINDS ACROSS THE
SOUTHERN HALF OF THE GULF INTO SUNDAY.

.TODAY...NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING N 15 TO 20 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT...BUILDING TO 2 TO 4 FT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SCATTERED SHOWERS. 
.TONIGHT...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT...BUILDING TO
3 TO 5 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
.THU...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT...BUILDING TO 4 TO
6 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. 
.THU NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.FRI...NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.SAT...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.SUN...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE OFF THE NE FLORIDA COAST THIS
MORNING...31N72W TO SE FLORIDA BY LATE TODAY...FROM 31N65W TO THE
STRAITS OF FLORIDA BY LATE THU...THEN STALL FROM 31N63W TO THE
STRAITS OF FLORIDA LATE FRI THROUGH SAT. REINFORCING HIGH
PRESSURE WILL BUILD ACROSS THE SOUTHEASTERN U.S. FRI AND SAT.

.TODAY...SW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT S OF 27N...AND W 15 TO 20 KT N OF
27N. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS. 
.TONIGHT...S OF 27N...NW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING N 10 TO
15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. N OF 27N...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO
3 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS. 
.THU...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT S OF 27N...AND N 10 TO 15 KT N OF
27N. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT...BUILDING TO 2 TO 4 FT IN THE AFTERNOON.
SCATTERED SHOWERS. 
.THU NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT S OF 27N...AND NE 10 TO 15 KT N
OF 27N. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT...BUILDING TO 3 TO 5 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT.
SCATTERED SHOWERS. 
.FRI...NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SAT...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SUN...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.