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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
424 AM EDT SAT MAR 16 2013

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

.SYNOPSIS...HIGH PRES CENTERED NEAR TAMPA BAY FLORIDA WILL MOVE
E OVER THE FLORIDA PENINSULA TODAY. SOUTHERLY RETURN FLOW WILL
DOMINATE THE GULF WATERS THROUGH MON AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT
FORECAST TO ENTER THE NW GULF LATE MON NIGHT...REACHING FROM THE
FLORIDA PANHANDLE TO NEAR THE TEXAS/MEXICO BORDER TUE MORNING.
THE FRONT IS FORECAST TO STALL OUT LATE TUE...LIFTING BACK TO THE
N AS A WARM FRONT BY WED. ONLY A MARGINAL INCREASE OF WINDS AND
SEAS IS EXPECTED BEHIND THE FRONT. 

NORTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO

.TODAY...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT...BUILDING TO 3 TO 5
FT IN THE AFTERNOON.
.TONIGHT...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SUN...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SUN NIGHT...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 
.MON...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING NE 20 KT BEHIND FRONT. SEAS
3 TO 4 FT...BUILDING TO 4 TO 7 FT BEHIND FRONT.
.TUE...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.
.WED...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.  

NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO

.TODAY...S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. 
.TONIGHT...S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT...BUILDING TO 2 TO
3 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
.SUN...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT...BUILDING TO 2 TO
4 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.SUN NIGHT...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT...BUILDING TO
3 TO 4 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
.MON...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING NE 20 KT BEHIND FRONT. SEAS
3 TO 5 FT.
.TUE...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.WED...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.