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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1013 PM EDT WED MAR 20 2013

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

.SYNOPSIS...COLD FRONT FROM NEAR TAMPA BAY TO TAMPICO MEXICO
WILL MOVE SE OVERNIGHT...AND EXTEND FROM FLORIDA KEYS TO TUXPAN
MEXICO THU MORNING...THEN BECOME DIFFUSE OVER NW CUBA AND THE
YUCATAN CHANNEL BY THU EVENING. ENERGETIC UPPER LEVEL TROUGH
SWEEPING E ACROSS THE CENTRAL GULF THIS EVENING WILL IGNITE
SCATTERED TSTMS ALONG AND AHEAD OF FRONT ACROSS E AND SE GULF.
HIGH PRES WILL BUILD SE ACROSS THE REGION THU NIGHT AND FRI WITH
SOUTHERLY RETURN FLOW GRADUALLY INCREASING THROUGH SAT. THE NEXT
COLD FRONT WILL IMPACT THE GULF WATERS LATE SAT AND SUN. 

NORTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO

.OVERNIGHT...NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT.
.THU...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT...SUBSIDING TO 4 TO
6 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. 
.THU NIGHT...S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT...SUBSIDING TO
3 TO 5 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
.FRI...S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.FRI NIGHT...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT...SUBSIDING TO
3 TO 4 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
.SAT...S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.SUN...N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.MON...NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT.  

NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO

.OVERNIGHT...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 9 FT.
.THU...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT...SUBSIDING TO 3 TO
5 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. 
.THU NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.FRI...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.FRI NIGHT...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING S 10 TO 15 KT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SAT...S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.SUN...NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. 
.MON...NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.