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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
 430 AM EST SAT JAN 28 2012

...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...A COLD FRONT EXTENDS FROM 31N74W TO 26N80W...THEN
BECOMES STATIONARY TO THE FLORIDA KEYS. THE COLD FRONT WILL
MOVE SLOWLY E THROUGH EARLY SUN. STRONG HIGH PRES WILL BEGIN
TO BUILD E ACROSS THE AREA SUN PUSHING THE COLD FRONT TO A
POSITION FROM 31N70W TO THE NW BAHAMAS AND STATIONARY TO
WESTERN CUBA BY EARLY SUN EVENING...AND FROM 30N65W TO 26N71W
AND STATIONARY TO WESTERN CUBA MON. THE STATIONARY PART OF THE
FRONT WILL GRADUALLY DISSIPATE THROUGH TUE AS HIGH PRES
STRENGTHENS OVER MUCH OF THE AREA...THEN WEAKENS SOME ON WED.

SW N ATLANTIC S OF 31N W OF 65W INCLUDING BAHAMAS
.TODAY...N OF 27N SW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...EXCEPT BEHIND FRONT NW
10 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT...EXCEPT BEHIND FRONT 2 TO 4 FT IN NE
SWELL. S OF 27N E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...EXCEPT SW OF
BAHAMAS SE TO S 5 TO 10 KT AND NE TO E 15 TO 20 KT S OF 23N E
OF BAHAMAS. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT...EXCEPT 2 TO 3 FT SW OF BAHAMAS
AND 5 TO 7 FT S OF 23N E OF BAHAMAS. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
ISOLATED TSTMS ALONG FRONT.
.TONIGHT...N OF 27N SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT EXCEPT N OF 29N 15 TO
20 KT AND NW TO N 10 TO 15 KT BEHIND FRONT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT...
EXCEPT BEHIND FRONT 2 TO 4 FT IN NE SWELL. FROM 25N TO 27N SE
TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...EXCEPT SW OF BAHAMAS SE TO S 5 TO 10
KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. S OF 25N E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15
KT...EXCEPT S OF 23N E OF 75W NE TO E 15 TO 20 KT AND SE TO S
5 TO 10 KT SW OF BAHAMAS. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT...EXCEPT 2 TO 3 FT SW
OF BAHAMAS AND 5 TO 8 FT IN E SWELL S OF 23N E OF 75W.
ISOLATED SHOWERS ALONG FRONT AND FAR SE PART.
.SUN AND SUN NIGHT...N OF 27N S TO SW WINDS 10 TO 15
KT...EXCEPT N OF 30N 15 TO 20 KT AND NW TO N 10 TO 15 KT
BEHIND FRONT INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT SUN NIGHT. SEAS 4 TO 6
FT...EXCEPT BEHIND FRONT 3 TO 5 FT. FROM 25N TO 27N SE TO S
WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...EXCEPT BEHIND FRONT N TO NE INCREASING TO
15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT IN NE SWELL...EXCEPT BEHIND FRONT
3 TO 5 FT. S OF 25N E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...EXCEPT S OF
23N E OF BAHAMAS 15 TO 20 KT AND NE 15 TO 20 KT BEHIND FRONT.
SEAS 4 TO 6 FT...EXCEPT S OF 23N 5 T0 8 FT IN E SWELL AND
BUILDING TO 4 TO 7 FT BEHIND FRONT. ISOLATED SHOWERS ALONG
FRONT. .MON...BETWEEN FRONT AND LINE FROM 31N76W TO 28N81W N
TO NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. NW OF LINE 31N76W TO
28N81W NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. SE OF SAME
LINE NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 8 FT.
.TUE...N OF 28N NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...EXCEPT W OF 78W
SHIFTING TO E TO SE. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. S OF 28N NE TO E WINDS 15
TO 20 KT...EXCEPT S OF 24N INCREASING TO 20 TO 25 KT LATE. SEAS
7 TO 10 FT IN MERGING NE AND E SWELL...EXCEPT W OF BAHAMAS 4 TO
7 FT.
.WED...N OF 28N E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT IN NE
SWELL. S OF 28N NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...EXCEPT S OF 24N
20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT IN E SWELL...EXCEPT W OF BAHAMAS
5 TO 8 FT.


SYNOPSIS FOR THE GULF OF MEXICO
.SYNOPSIS...A STATIONARY FRONT OVER THE FAR SE WATERS WILL
SLOWLY DISSIPATE THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. HIGH PRES CENTERED
JUST SE OF LOUISIANA WILL BE REPLACED BY STRONGER HIGH PRES
THAT BEGINS TO BUILD ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING. THE HIGH
PRES AREA WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD E ACROSS THE GULF INTO EARLY
NEXT WEEK BRINGING FRESH TO STRONG NE TO E WINDS TO THE
EASTERN PORTION SUN THROUGH MON. SLY RETURN FLOW THEN SETS UP
OVER THE NW GULF LATE MON THROUGH WED.

MIDDLE GULF BETWEEN 85W AND 90W
.TODAY AND TONIGHT...N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...INCREASING TO
15 TO 20 KT SAT NIGHT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT...BUILDING TO 4 TO 6 FT
S OF 26N TONIGHT.
.SUN AND SUN NIGHT...N TO NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...INCREASING TO
20 TO 25 KT S OF 26N TONIGHT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT...BUILDING TO
6 TO 8 FT S OF 26N SUN NIGHT.
.MON...NE TO E WINDS DIMINISHING TO 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT
N OF 27N...AND 6 TO 8 FT S OF 27N IN NE SWELL.
.TUE...E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT IN NE SWELL.
.WED...E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT.

E GULF BETWEEN 81W AND 85W
.TODAY AND TONIGHT...N TO NE WINDS 10 KT INCREASING TO 15 TO 20
KT LATE TONIGHT...EXCEPT IN THE FAR SE PART S TO SW 5 TO 10 KT
TODAY BECOMING NE 10 TO 15 KT TONIGHT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. ISOLATED
SHOWERS S OF 25N.
.SUN AND SUN NIGHT...N TO NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT
....EXCEPT S OF 26N BUILDING TO 5 TO 7 FT SUN NIGHT. ISOLATED
SHOWERS S OF 25N.
.MON...NE WINDS 2O TO 25 KT...EXCEPT N OF 26N DIMINISHING TO 15
TO 20 KT LATE. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT N OF 26N...AND 6 TO 8 FT S OF
26N. .TUE...N OF 26N E TO SE WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 5 FT. S OF
26N E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT.
.WED...E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT...EXCEPT N OF
27N SUBSIDING TO 2 TO 4 FT.


SYNOPSIS FOR CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLC FROM 07N TO 22N
BETWEEN 55W AND 65W
.SYNOPSIS...A WEAK STATIONARY FRONT FROM NW CUBA SW TO THE
YUCATAN PENINSULA WILL SLOWLY DISSIPATE THROUGH TUE. STRONG
HIGH PRES WILL BUILD SE ACROSS MUCH OF THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF
THE AREA THROUGH WED.

NW CARIBBEAN N OF 15N W OF 75W
.TODAY AND TONIGHT...S OF 17N E OF 82W E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT.
SEAS 8 TO 11 FT. ELSEWHERE S OF 20N E OF 85W E WINDS 10 TO 15
KT. SEAS 5 TO 8 FT IN E SWELL. REMAINDER OF AREA E WINDS 10
KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT IN SE SWELL. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
TSTMS YUCATAN CHANNEL.
.SUN AND SUN NIGHT...S OF 17N E OF 81W NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20
KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT IN E SWELL. ELSEWHERE NE TO E WINDS 10 TO
15 KT...EXCEPT NE WINDS TO 20 KT IN YUCATAN CHANNEL SUN NIGHT.
SEAS 4 TO 7 FT IN SE SWELL...EXCEPT TO 9 FT IN YUCATAN CHANNEL
SUN NIGHT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS NEAR YUCATAN
CHANNEL. .MON...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7
FT...EXCEPT 7 TO 9 FT S OF 17N W OF 81W AND IN YUCATAN
CHANNEL. .TUE AND WED...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 7 TO
10 FT IN E SWELL S OF 17N E OF 80W...AND 5 TO 7 FT ELSEWHERE.


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