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FZNT27 KNHC 310944
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
444 AM EST MON DEC 31 2012

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

.SYNOPSIS...STRONG HIGH PRES ACROSS THE SE U.S. WILL SLIDE ESE
INTO THE WESTERN ATLC AND SLOWLY WEAKEN THROUGH MON EVENING AS
ANOTHER COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE FAR NW GULF. THE FRONT IS
EXPECTED TO ENTER THE TEXAS COASTAL WATERS TUE MORNING...AND
EXTEND FROM NEAR PENSACOLA FLORIDA SW TO NEAR TAMPICO MEXICO BY
EARLY TUE EVENING. THE FRONT IS THEN EXPECTED TO STALL ACROSS
THE FLORIDA BIG BEND REGION WHILE LOW PRES DEVELOPS ALONG IT
NEAR 25N95W. THE LOW IS EXPECTED TO TRACK ENE ALONG THE FRONT
AND TOWARDS W CENTRAL FLORIDA BY LATE THU WITH ANOTHER LOW
POSSIBLY FORMING ALONG THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE TROUGH. HIGH
PRES WILL BUILD S BEHIND THE FRONT AND LOW WED THROUGH LEADING
TO A TIGHTENING OF THE PRES GRADIENT WITH INCREASING WINDS AND
BUILDING SEAS. 

NORTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO

.TODAY...SE TO S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND TSTMS.. 
.TONIGHT...SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 
.TUE...S TO SW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.TUE NIGHT...N TO NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS.
.WED...N TO NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.THU...N TO NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.FRI...NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 

NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO

.TODAY...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS BETWEEN
88W AND 90W. ISOLATED SHOWERS E OF 88W.
.TONIGHT...SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS BETWEEN 87W AND 90W. ISOLATED SHOWERS
E OF 87W. 
.TUE...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
TSTMS BETWEEN 87W AND 90W. ISOLATED SHOWERS E OF 87W.
.TUE NIGHT...SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS BETWEEN 87W AND 90W. ISOLATED SHOWERS
E OF 87W.
.WED...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.THU...N TO NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.FRI...N TO NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.