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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
 1030 AM EST THU DEC 01 2011

...PLEASE REFER TO THE COASTAL MARINE FORECASTS (CWF) AVAILABLE
THROUGH NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER MEANS FOR A MORE DETAILED
FORECAST WITHIN 60 NAUTICAL MILES OF THE COASTLINE...


SYNOPSIS FOR THE SW N ATLC INCLUDING THE BAHAMAS
.SYNOPSIS...WEAKENING STATIONARY FRONT FROM 31N68W TO EASTERN
CUBA WILL DISSIPATE THROUGH EARLY FRI AS HIGH PRES BUILDS
EASTWARD ACROSS THE WESTERN ATLC WATERS. THE HIGH WILL CONTINUE
TO BUILD EASTWARD AND WHILE STRENGTHENING THROUGH SUN...THEN
WEAKEN MON.

SW N ATLANTIC S OF 31N W OF 65W INCLUDING BAHAMAS
.THIS AFTERNOON...W OF FRONT N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT EARLY THEN
INCREASING TO 20 TO 25 KT...EXCEPT S OF 27N 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3
TO 5 FT BUILDING TO 6 TO 8 FT...EXCEPT S OF 27N 4 TO 6 FT. E OF
FRONT N OF 24N NW TO N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT IN N
SWELL. E OF FRONT S OF 24N N TO NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 5 TO
7 FT IN N SWELL. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS WITHIN 60 NM
EITHER SIDE OF FRONT.
.TONIGHT...W OF FRONT N OF 27N N TO NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS
6 TO 9 FT. W OF FRONT S OF 27N N TO NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS
4 TO 6 FT. E OF FRONT N OF 27N N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS
BUILDING TO 8 TO 10 FT IN N SWELL. E OF FRONT S OF 27N N TO NE
WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT IN N SWELL. SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND TSTMS ALONG TROUGH.
.FRI AND FRI NIGHT...N TO NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS BUILDING TO 7 TO
10 FT IN NE SWELL...EXCEPT W OF BAHAMAS 4 TO 6 FT.
.SAT THROUGH MON...WINDS BECOMING NE 20 TO 30 KT...DIMINISHING
TO 20 TO 25 KT FROM 24N TO 28N SUN...AND TO E 10 TO 15 KT
ELSEWHERE. SEAS BUILDING TO 8 TO 13 FT IN NE SWELL E OF BAHAMAS
...EXCEPT W OF BAHAMAS 5 TO 8 FT.


SYNOPSIS FOR THE GULF OF MEXICO
.SYNOPSIS...HIGH PRES OVER THE N CENTRAL GULF WILL SLIDE
EASTWARD THROUGH SUN IN ADVANCE OF A COLD FRONT EXPECTED TO
MOVE INTO THE NW GULF EARLY SUN EVENING. THE FRONT WILL
QUICKLY REACH FROM SOUTHERN LOUISIANA TO NEAR TAMPICO MEXICO
MON FOLLOWED BY INCREASINGLY STRONG OFFSHORE FLOW.

MIDDLE GULF BETWEEN 85W AND 90W
.THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4
TO 6 FT.
.FRI THROUGH SAT...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING SE 20
TO 25 KT SAT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT...BUILDING TO 7 TO 9 FT SAT.
.SUN...WINDS BECOMING E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8
FT. .MON...E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...EXCEPT N OF 25N
SHIFTING TO SW LATE. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT.

E GULF BETWEEN 81W AND 85W
.THIS AFTERNOON...N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...EXCEPT S OF 25N
NE 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT...EXCEPT S OF 25N 4 TO 6 FT.
.TONIGHT...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT S OF 25N...AND
3 TO 5 FT N OF 25N.
.FRI AND FRI NIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6
FT...EXCEPT S OF 25N BUILDING TO 6 TO 8 FT.
.SAT...N OF 26N E TO SE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT. S OF 26N
NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT.
.SUN...N OF 26N E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.
S OF 26N NE TO E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 8 FT.
.MON...N OF 26N E TO SE WINDS DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS
3 TO 5 FT. S OF 26N E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT.


SYNOPSIS FOR CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLC FROM 07N TO 22N
BETWEEN 55W AND 65W
.SYNOPSIS...A WEAKENING FRONTAL TROUGH FROM EASTERN CUBA TO
COSTA RICA WILL DISSIPATE THROUGH EARLY FRI. HIGH PRES OVER THE
WESTERN ATLC WILL STRENGTHEN AS IT BUILDS EASTWARD THROUGH SAT
...THEN WEAKEN SUN AND MON AS A TROUGH ALONG 61W/62W SLOWLY
MOVES WESTWARD ACROSS THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN SEA.

NW CARIBBEAN N OF 15N W OF 75W
.THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...S OF 18N E OF 84W N TO NE WINDS
15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. ELSEWHERE N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15
KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
.FRI THROUGH SUN...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...EXCEPT N OF 18N E OF
85W INCREASING TO 20 TO 25 SAT. SEAS 5 TO 8 FT...BUILDING TO 7
TO 9 FT SAT AND SUN.
.MON...N OF 18N NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT.
S OF 18N NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT IN NE SWELL.


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