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FZNT25 KNHC 121443
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1030 AM EST SUN FEB 12 2012

...PLEASE REFER TO THE COASTAL WATERS FORECAST 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...COLD FRONT FROM 28N65W TO CENTRAL CUBA TO THE
WINDWARD PASSAGE WILL MOVE SE OF THE AREA MON. HIGH PRESSURE
WILL BUILD IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT THROUGH MIDWEEK WITH
SOUTHERLY RETURN FLOW SETTING UP OVER THE NW WATERS TUE. A WEAK
FRONT WILL PASS THROUGH WATERS N OF 28N WED AND THU.

SW N ATLANTIC S OF 31N W OF 65W INCLUDING BAHAMAS
...GALE WARNING N OF 29N W OF FRONT TO 70W...
.THIS AFTERNOON...N OF 29N W OF FRONT TO 70W NW WINDS 30 TO 35
KT DIMINISHING TO 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 15 TO 20 FT IN NW SWELL.
ELSEWHERE W OF FRONT NW TO N WINDS 20 TO 30 KT DIMINISHING TO
20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 10 TO 15 FT. N OF 22N E OF FRONT SW WINDS 20
TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. S OF 22N E OF FRONT S TO SW WINDS 10
TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS
ALONG FRONT.
.TONIGHT...N OF 25N E OF 72W NW TO N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 11
TO 20 FT IN NW SWELL...HIGHEST NE PART. S OF 25N W OF FRONT TO
72W N TO NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 10 FT. N OF 25N W OF
72W NW TO N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 10 TO 16 FT E OF 76W AND 5
TO 8 FT W OF 76W. S OF 25N W OF 72W N TO NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT.
SEAS 11 TO 14 FT E OF BAHAMAS...4 TO 6 FT W OF BAHAMAS. SE OF
FRONT VARIABLE WINDS 5 KT. SEAS 5 TO 6 FT IN NE SWELL.
.MON AND MON NIGHT...N OF 27N W OF 75W NE TO E WINDS 5 TO 10
KT. SEAS 5 TO 8 FT IN N SWELL. S OF 27N W OF BAHAMAS NE WINDS
15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT. SE OF FRONT VARIABLE WINDS 5 TO
10 KT. SEAS 6 FT IN E SWELL. REMAINDER AREA N TO NE WINDS 15
TO 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 15 FT IN N SWELL.
.TUE...N OF 28N E OF 74W E TO SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9
FT IN N SWELL SUBSIDING TO 4 TO 7 FT LATE. ELSEWHERE N OF 25N E
TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT EXCEPT N OF 29N W OF 76W S TO SW WINDS
INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT LATE. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT W OF 74W AND 6
TO 9 FT IN N SWELL E OF 74W. S OF 23N E OF 75W NE TO E WINDS
15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT IN N SWELL. REMAINDER AREA E
WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT IN N TO NE SWELL EXCEPT 2
TO 4 FT W OF BAHAMAS.
.WED AND THU...N OF 28N SE WINDS 10 KT BECOMING S TO SW WINDS
10 TO 15 KT WITHIN 180 NM SE OF FRONT AND INCREASING TO 15 TO
20 KT WITHIN 90 NM OF FRONT ON WED. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. FROM 25N
TO 28N NE TO E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT EXCEPT E TO SE WINDS W OF 75W.
SEAS 4 TO 6 FT EXCEPT 1 TO 2 FT W OF BAHAMAS. FROM 22N TO 25N
NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 5 TO 8 FT IN NE SWELL EXCEPT 2
TO 4 FT W OF BAHAMAS. S OF 22N NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS
6 TO 9 FT IN NE SWELL SUBSIDING TO 4 TO 6 FT LATE. SCATTERED
SHOWERS NEAR FRONT.

SYNOPSIS FOR THE GULF OF MEXICO
.SYNOPSIS...HIGH PRES CENTERED N OF THE AREA WILL SHIFT E OF
THE AREA THROUGH MON NIGHT. SOUTHERLY RETURN FLOW WILL SET UP
OVER W WATERS OVERNIGHT AND SPREAD E ACROSS THE ENTIRE GULF
MON AS THE HIGH PRESSURE CENTER SHIFTS E. THE NEXT COLD FRONT
WILL MOVE OFF THE TEXAS COAST MON NIGHT AND ACROSS THE N GULF
THROUGH TUE...STALLING FROM THE FLORIDA BIG BEND REGION TO THE
CENTRAL GULF WED. REMNANTS OF THE FRONT WILL LIFT N WED.
ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL MOVE OFF THE TEXAS COAST ON
THU...EXTENDING FROM SE LOUISIANA TO NE MEXICO BY THU

MIDDLE GULF BETWEEN 85W AND 90W
.THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT
DIMINISHING TO 15 TO 20 KT TONIGHT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT...SUBSIDING
TO 4 TO 7 FT N OF 25N AND 6 TO 8 FT S OF 25N TONIGHT.
.MON AND MON NIGHT...S OF 25N NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT
SHIFTING SE MON NIGHT. SEAS 5 TO 8 FT SUBSIDING TO 4 TO 6 FT
MON NIGHT. N OF 25N E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT BECOMING SE TO S AND
INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT MON NIGHT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
.TUE...N OF 25N S TO SW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING W TO NW 10
KT W OF FRONT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. S OF 25N SE TO S WINDS 10 KT.
SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS N PART.
.WED...N OF 25N WINDS BECOMING SE 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. S OF
25N E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.
.THU...N OF 25N SE TO S WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. S OF 25N
SE WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT.

E GULF BETWEEN 81W AND 85W
.THIS AFTERNOON...NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT IN N
SWELL.
.TONIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KT
LATE. SEAS SUBSIDING TO 3 TO 5 FT N OF 25N...7 TO 9 FT IN N
SWELL S OF 25N.
.MON AND MON NIGHT...N OF 25N E WINDS 10 KT...BECOMING SE TO S
AND INCREASING TO 10 TO 15 KT MON NIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. S OF
25N E TO SE WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
.TUE...N OF 25N S TO SW WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. S OF 25N E
TO SE WINDS. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS NW
PART TUE NIGHT.
.WED...N OF 27N SE TO S WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. S OF 27N E
TO SE WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
.THU...N OF 26N S TO SW WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. S OF 26N E
TO SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.

SYNOPSIS FOR CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLC FROM 07N TO
22N BETWEEN 55W AND 65W
.SYNOPSIS...COLD FRONT FROM THE WINDWARD PASSAGE TO HONDURAS
WILL EXTEND FROM HISPANIOLA TO HONDURAS LATE TONIGHT WHERE IT
WILL STALL AND GRADUALLY DISSIPATE THROUGH TUE. THE FRONT WILL
CLIP THE NW PORTION OF THE TROPICAL N ATLC ZONE EARLY MON WHERE
IT WILL STALL AND WEAKEN THROUGH TUE AND DISSIPATE BY EARLY
WED. FRESH TRADES WILL RETURN TO THE CENTRAL CARIBBEAN BY TUE
AS HIGH PRES BECOMES ESTABLISHED NW OF THE FRONT.

NW CARIBBEAN N OF 15N W OF 75W
.THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...W OF 79W NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT.
SEAS BUILDING 7 TO 9 FT EXCEPT 8 TO 12 FT IN YUCATAN CHANNEL. N
OF 17N E OF 79W NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. S OF 17N
E OF 79W NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS ALONG FRONT.
.MON AND MON NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 7 FT
EXCEPT 8 TO 10 FT IN N SWELL W OF 80W.
.TUE AND WED...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT EXCEPT 15 TO 20 KT N
OF 18N E OF 77W. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.
.THU...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT EXCEPT E TO SE WINDS W OF 83W.
SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.

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