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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1022 PM EST SAT MAR 2 2013

...PLEASE REFER TO COASTAL WATERS FORECASTS (CWF) AVAILABLE
THROUGH NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER MEANS FOR DETAILED
COASTAL WATERS FORECASTS...

.SYNOPSIS...COLD REINFORCING HIGH PRES WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD SE
ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH TONIGHT WITH ITS TIGHT PRES GRADIENT
PRODUCING MODERATE TO STRONG NW TO N WINDS ACROSS THE GULF
EXCEPT FOR THE FAR WESTERN PORTION. THE HIGH WILL SHIFT E SUN
AND MON WHILE WEAKENING ALLOWING FOR WINDS AND SEAS TO DECREASE
OVER MUCH OF THE AREA. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE OFF THE TEXAS
COAST TUE MORNING... REACH FROM NEAR APALACHICOLA FLORIDA TO THE
SW GULF LATE TUE... FROM NEAR TAMPA FLORIDA TO THE BAY OF
CAMPECHE EARLY WED...AND TO SE OF THE AREA LATE WED. STRONG NW
TO N WINDS AND BUILDING SEAS ARE EXPECTED IN THE WAKE OF THE
FRONT. WINDS AND SEAS SUBSIDE OVER JUST ABOUT THE ENTIRE GULF
THU...EXCEPT IN THE SE PORTION WHERE NW SWELLS WILL LINGER. 

NORTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO

.TONIGHT...NW TO N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...BECOMING N 15 TO 20 KT
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT.
.SUN...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING NE TO E 5 TO 10 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT...SUBSIDING TO 2 TO 3 FT IN THE
AFTERNOON. 
.SUN NIGHT...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.MON...S WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.MON NIGHT...S TO SW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. 
.TUE...W TO NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.WED...N TO NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.THU...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 

NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO

.TONIGHT...NW TO N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT.
.SUN...NW TO N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.SUN NIGHT...NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING NW TO N 5 TO 10 KT
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT...SUBSIDING TO 2 TO 3 FT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. 
.MON...E TO SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING SE TO S 10 TO 15 KT
IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.MON NIGHT...S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT...BUILDING TO
3 TO 5 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
.TUE...SW TO W WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.WED...NW TO N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.THU...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.