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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
428 AM EDT TUE MAR 19 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 TSTMS ASSOCIATED WITH AN UPPER
LEVEL TROUGH WILL PERSIST IN THE E GULF THROUGH THE MORNING. 
SOUTHERLY RETURN FLOW WILL CONTINUE AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT ALONG
THE U.S. SHORELINE. THIS FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM THE WESTERN
FLORIDA PANHANDLE TO NEAR CORPUS CHRISTI LATER THIS MORNING...
STALLING FROM TAMPA BAY TO BROWNSVILLE TEXAS THIS EVENING...THEN
MERGING WITH A REINFORCING FRONT WED MORNING. THE NEW FRONT WILL
EXTEND FROM SW FLORIDA TO TAMPICO MEXICO WED EVENING...MOVING SE
OF THE GULF LATE WED NIGHT INTO THU. HIGH PRES BUILDS IN BEHIND
THE FRONT WITH SOUTHERLY RETURN FLOW GRADUALLY INCREASING THROUGH
SAT.

NORTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO

.TODAY...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING E 10 TO 15 KT BEHIND FRONT.
SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND SLIGHT CHANCE OF TSTMS NEAR
FRONT.
.TONIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT...SUBSIDING TO
2 TO 3 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS. 
.WED...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...INCREASING TO 20 TO 25 KT BEHIND
REINFORCING FRONT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT...BUILDING TO 4 TO 7 FT BEHIND
REINFORCING FRONT. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND TSTMS NEAR FRONT.
.WED NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...DIMINISHING TO 15 TO 20 KT
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT.
.THU...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.FRI...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.SAT...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT IN SE SWELL.  

NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO

.TODAY...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...SHIFTING TO NE BEHIND FRONT. SEAS
3 TO 5 FT. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND SLIGHT CHANCE OF TSTMS NEAR FRONT.
.TONIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT...SUBSIDING TO
2 TO 3 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
.WED...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT BEHIND
REINFORCING FRONT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT...BUILDING TO 3 TO 6 FT BEHIND
REINFORCING FRONT. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND SLIGHT CHANCE OF
TSTMS NEAR FRONT.
.WED NIGHT...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.THU...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.FRI...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SAT...S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT.