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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
324 PM EST WED FEB 13 2013
...PLEASE REFER TO COASTAL WATERS FORECASTS (CWF) AVAILABLE
THROUGH NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER MEANS FOR DETAILED
COASTAL WATERS FORECASTS...
SOUTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO
.SYNOPSIS...A COLD FRONT EXTENDING FROM THE FLORIDA BIG BEND
REGION TO THE SW GULF OF MEXICO WILL REACH FROM TAMPA BAY
FLORIDA TO THE W BAY OF CAMPECHE THIS EVENING...STALLING OVER
THE FAR SE GULF THU MORNING THROUGH FRI. A REINFORCING COLD
FRONT WILL ENTER THE N GULF LATE FRI NIGHT MERGING WITH THE OLD
FRONT. THE NEW FRONT WILL RAPIDLY MOVE THROUGH THE
GULF...PUSHING S OF THE AREA BY SAT EVENING. RETURN FLOW WILL
SET UP OVER THE WESTERN GULF SUN...INCREASING AND SPREADING E BY
LATE SUN AND MON.
.TONIGHT...W WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
.THU...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
.THU NIGHT...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING NE 10 TO 15 KT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS.
.FRI...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
.FRI NIGHT...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.
.SAT...N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.
.SUN...NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.
.MON...E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.
WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA
.SYNOPSIS...A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE NW PART OF THE AREA
TONIGHT AND WILL EXTEND FROM 31N79W TO CAPE CANAVERAL FLORIDA
THIS EVENING...THEN FROM 31N70W TO S FLORIDA THU EVENING WHERE
IT WILL STALL. A STRONGER REINFORCING COLD FRONT WILL OVERTAKE
THE OLD FRONT...REACHING FROM 31N68W TO EASTERN CUBA SAT
EVENING...FROM 28N65W TO THE WINDWARD PASSAGE SUN MORNING...AND
STALL FROM 23N65W TO THE WINDWARD PASSAGE MON MORNING.
...GALE CONDITIONS EXPECTED SUNDAY...
.TONIGHT...S OF 27N...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. N OF
27N...W WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT.
.THU...S TO SW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT S OF 27N...AND
4 TO 6 FT N OF 27N.
.THU NIGHT...S OF 27N...S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. N OF 27N...NW TO N
WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING N 5 TO 10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS
2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS.
.FRI...S OF 27N...S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING SW 10 TO 15 KT
IN THE AFTERNOON. N OF 27N...N WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS.
.FRI NIGHT...NW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS.
.SAT...NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.
.SUN...N WINDS 25 TO 30 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT.
.MON...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.