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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1025 PM EST SAT MAR 9 2013

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

.SYNOPSIS...SE RETURN FLOW OVER THE WESTERN GULF WILL INCREASE
AND SPREAD EASTWARD OVERNIGHT AND SUN AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT
EXPECTED TO ENTER THE NW GULF WATERS SUN NIGHT. THE COLD FRONT
WILL REACH FROM CENTRAL LOUISIANA TO THE BAY OF EARLY MON...FROM
THE FLORIDA BIG BEND TO THE YUCATAN PENINSULA EARLY TUE...AND SE
OF THE AREA TUE NIGHT. WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT ARE EXPECTED TO
REACH GALE FORCE OVER THE WESTERN GULF S OF 26N THEN DIMINISH
BELOW GALE FORCE MON NIGHT. FRESH TO STRONG NE FLOW WILL PERSIST
OVER THE SOUTHEAST GULF THROUGH THU AS HIGH PRES BUILDS OVER THE
NORTHERN GULF WATERS. 

NORTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO

.TONIGHT...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...INCREASING TO 20 TO 25 KT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT...BUILDING TO 6 TO 8 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
.SUN...S WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...DIMINISHING TO 15 TO 20 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. 
.SUN NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING NW 15 TO 20 KT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT...BUILDING TO 6 TO 9 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.MON...N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS. 
.MON NIGHT...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT...SUBSIDING TO
4 TO 6 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
.TUE...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.WED...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.THU...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.  

NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO

.TONIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT...BUILDING TO 4 TO 6 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
.SUN...SE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...DIMINISHING TO 15 TO 20 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.SUN NIGHT...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT.
.MON...S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.MON NIGHT...NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.TUE...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.WED...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.THU...NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.