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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
522 PM EDT MON MAR 18 2013

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

.SYNOPSIS...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW EMBEDDED TSTMS WILL
PERSIST IN THE E GULF THROUGH TONIGHT. SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL
WEAKEN TONIGHT AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT THAT WILL SWEEP E ACROSS
THE NORTHERN GULF OVERNIGHT. THE FRONT WILL REACH FROM FLORIDA
BIG BEND TO SOUTH TEXAS TUE...STALL FROM SW FLORIDA TO THE TEXAS
MEXICO BORDER TUE NIGHT...THEN DISSIPATE WED. HIGH PRES WILL BUILD
ACROSS NORTHERN WATERS THU AND FRI. ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL
APPROACH THE NW GULF SAT.

NORTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO

.TONIGHT...SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING  NW AFTER MIDNIGHT.
SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 
.TUE...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 
.TUE NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 
.WED...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT...BUILDING TO 4 TO
6 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. 
.WED NIGHT...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.THU...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.FRI...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SAT...SW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.  

NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO

.TONIGHT...SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS. 
.TUE...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 
.TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 
.WED...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING NE 15 TO 20 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.WED NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.THU...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.FRI...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SAT...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT.