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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
400 PM EST SUN DEC 16 2012

...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 WILL MOVE OFF THE TEXAS COAST EARLY
MON. THE COLD FRONT WILL QUICKLY REACH FROM SE LOUISIANA TO THE
SW GULF OF MEXICO MON...THEN WEAKEN FROM TAMPA TO EASTERN BAY OF
CAMPECHE TUE...AND EXIT THE SE GULF TUE NIGHT. WEAK HIGH PRES
BEHIND THE FRONT WILL MOVE QUICKLY MOVE E TUE AND WED AS
SOUTHERLY FLOW DEVELOPS ACROSS THE WESTERN GULF. A STRONGER COLD
FRONT WILL REACH THE TEXAS COAST THU THEN RACE ACROSS THE GULF
FRI...FOLLOWED BY STRONG OFFSHORE FLOW AND BUILDING SEAS. 

.TONIGHT...SE TO S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.MON...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.MON NIGHT...SW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.
.TUE...W TO NW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.WED...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.THU...S WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.FRI...N TO NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. 

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...HIGH PRES OVER WESTERN PART OF THE AREA WILL SLIDE E
OF THE AREA THROUGH TUE AS A COLD FRONT ENTERS THE NW PORTION.
THE COLD FRONT WILL REACH FROM 31N71W TO S FLORIDA TUE NIGHT...
THEN WEAKEN ACROSS THE SE WATERS AS A STATIONARY FRONT WED. HIGH
PRES WILL BUILD ACROSS THE AREA BEHIND FRONT WITH A TIGHT PRES
GRADIENT EXPECTED TO BRING FRESH TO STRONG NW WINDS N OF 28N TUE
AND WED. HIGH PRES SHIFTS E ACROSS NORTHERN WATERS THU AS
ANOTHER COLD FRONT MOVES OFF THE NE FLORIDA COAST THU NIGHT AND
FRI.  

.TONIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT S OF 27N...AND SE TO S 10 TO
15 KT N OF 27N. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.MON...SE TO S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT S OF 27N...AND S TO SW 10 TO 15
KT N OF 27N. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.
.MON NIGHT...S OF 27N...S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. N OF 27N...SW TO W
WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT S OF 27N AND 4 TO 6 FT N OF 27N.
.TUE...S OF 27N...SW TO W WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. N
OF 27N...W WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.TUE NIGHT...S OF 27N...N WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. N OF 27N...NW WINDS
15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT S OF 27N...AND 4 TO 6 FT N OF 27N.
.WED...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.THU...SE TO S WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.FRI...N WINDS 25 TO 30 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT.