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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1117 AM EDT WED APR 3 2013

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

.SYNOPSIS...LOW PRES NEAR 28N93W WITH A DEVELOPING COLD FRONT SW
TO JUST S OF BROWNSVILLE TEXAS AND A WARM FRONT ESE TO 24N84W
WILL LIFT NE TO SE LOUISIANA AND THE MISSISSIPPI DELTA REGION
TONIGHT INTO THU. THE LOW WILL THEN MOVE ENE ACROSS THE WESTERN
FLORIDA PANHANDLE THU NIGHT AND FRI WHILE SLOWLY
DEEPENING...THEN TURN NE AND CONTINUE ACROSS THE SE UNITED
STATES THU NIGHT AND FRI. THE LOW WILL PUSH THE COLD FRONT
ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE WESTERN GULF THROUGH EARLY THU...TO
A POSITION FROM NEAR TAMPA FLORIDA TO NE YUCATAN PENINSULA BY
LATE THU NIGHT...AND TO JUST SE OF THE GULF BY EARLY FRI
AFTERNOON. WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND NUMEROUS TSTMS WITH GUSTY
WINDS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS A GOOD PORTION OF THE NORTHERN GULF
THROUGH FRI AFTERNOON WHILE SHIFTING EASTWARD. HIGH PRES WILL
BUILD ACROSS THE AREA IN BEHIND THE FRONT AND CONTINUE THROUGH
SUN. 

NORTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO

.THIS AFTERNOON...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 5 FT...BUILDING
TO 4 TO 6 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. WINDS AND SEAS HIGHER IN AND NEAR
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS.
.TONIGHT...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS. 
.THU...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS. 
.THU NIGHT...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.FRI...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SAT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.SUN...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.  

NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO

.THIS AFTERNOON...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...EXCEPT E OF 92W SE TO S 
20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT...EXCEPT E OF 92W 6 TO 7 FT. WINDS 
AND SEAS HIGHER IN AND NEAR SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS TSTMS.
.TONIGHT...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND TSTMS.
.THU...S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT...BUILDING TO 6 TO
8 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.THU NIGHT...W WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.FRI...NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.SAT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.SUN...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.