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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1018 PM 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 EXTENDING FROM NEAR 30N84W TO 26N87W TO
18N94W WILL REACH FROM NEAR SW FLORIDA TO THE NE TIP OF THE
YUCATAN PENINSULA LATE TONIGHT...PUSHING SE OF THE GULF BY EARLY
FRI MORNING. HIGH PRES WILL BUILD IN ACROSS THE GULF IN THE WAKE
OF THE FRONT...SHIFTING EASTWARD SAT AND SUN AS LOW PRES DEEPENS
OVER THE CENTRAL U.S. THIS WILL ALLOW FOR SOUTHERLY RETURN FLOW TO
INCREASE OVER THE WESTERN GULF THROUGH TUE.

NORTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO

.OVERNIGHT...NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 7 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.
.SAT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.SUN...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.MON...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT.
.TUE...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT.  

NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO

.OVERNIGHT...E OF FRONT...S TO SW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. W OF
FRONT...NW TO N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT. NUMEROUS
SHOWERS AND SCATTERED TSTMS E OF FRONT. WINDS AND SEAS MAY BE
HIGHER IN AND NEAR TSTMS.
.FRI...NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 8 FT...SUBSIDING TO 4 TO 7
FT IN THE AFTERNOON.
.FRI NIGHT...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT...SUBSIDING TO 3
TO 5 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT.
.SAT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING E 5 TO 10 KT IN THE 
AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT...SUBSIDING TO 2 TO 3 FT IN THE AFTERNOON.
.SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING SE 10 TO 15 KT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. 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. 
.TUE...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.