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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1108 AM EDT THU APR 4 2013

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

.SYNOPSIS...A COLD FRONT EXTENDS FROM A 1012 MB LOW NEAR SW TO
26N91W TO TAMPICO MEXICO. THE LOW WILL MOVE INLAND THE FLORIDA
PANHANDLE THIS AFTERNOON WITH THE COLD FRONT REACHING FROM NEAR
TAMPA FLORIDA TO NORTHERN YUCATAN PENINSULA LATE TONIGHT...FROM
SW FLORIDA TO YUCATAN CHANNEL EARLY FRI...THEN EXIT THE REGION
FRI AFTERNOON. HIGH PRES WILL BUILD ACROSS THE AREA IN THE WAKE
OF THE FRONT. HIGH PRES WILL THEN SHIFT EASTWARD SAT AND SUN AS
LOW PRES DEEPENS OVER THE CENTRAL UNITED STATES ALLOWING FOR
SOUTHERLY RETURN FLOW TO INCREASE OVER THE WESTERN GULF THROUGH
MON. 

NORTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO

.THIS AFTERNOON...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING NW 20 TO 25 KT
IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
TSTMS. 
.TONIGHT...NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...BECOMING N 15 TO 20 KT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.FRI...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.FRI NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT...SUBSIDING TO
2 TO 3 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
.SAT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.SUN...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.MON...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.  

NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO

.THIS AFTERNOON...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING SW 15 TO 20 KT
IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT...BUILDING TO 5 TO 7 FT IN THE
AFTERNOON. WINDS AND SEAS HIGHER IN AND NEAR NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND
SCATTERED TSTMS E OF 85W.
.TONIGHT...W WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND ISOLATED TSTMS E OF 85W. 
.FRI...NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...DIMINISHING TO 15 TO 20 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.FRI NIGHT...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT...SUBSIDING TO
3 TO 5 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
.SAT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.SUN...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.MON...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.