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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
 1030 PM EST THU FEB 16 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 FROM 30N60W TO 29N72W WILL MOVE E OF
AREA FRI NIGHT. A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE FAR NW
WATERS TONIGHT...THEN EXTEND FROM 31N76W TO N CENTRAL FLORIDA
EARLY FRI...FROM 31N73W TO 29N76W AND STATIONARY TO CENTRAL
FLORIDA LATE FRI NIGHT. THE COLD FRONT WILL MOVE E OF AREA
EARLY SAT NIGHT LEAVING A WARM FRONT FROM 28N65W TO NE FLORIDA
WHILE A 1024 MB HIGH PRES AT 27N73W WEAKENS. THE WARM FRONT
WILL LIFT N OF AREA LATER SAT NIGHT FOLLOWED BY INCREASING SW
WINDS OVER THE NW PORTION INTO SUN AS STRENGTHENING LOW PRES
TRACKS NE ACROSS THE SE UNITED STATES. THE LOW WILL PUSH A
COLD FRONT INTO THE FAR NW WATERS SUN AFTERNOON. THE FRONT
WILL EXTEND FROM 31N76W TO S FLORIDA BY EARLY SUN
EVENING...FROM 31N67W TO CENTRAL CUBA EARLY MON...FROM 26N65W
TO EASTERN CUBA LATE MON...THEN WEAKEN OVER THE FAR SE WATERS
TUE. STRONG HIGH PRES WILL BUILD ACROSS THE AREA BEHIND THE
FRONT.

SW N ATLANTIC S OF 31N W OF 65W INCLUDING BAHAMAS
...GALE CONDITIONS EXPECTED N OF 30N SUN INTO MON...
.TONIGHT...N OF 27N W OF 74W S TO SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3
TO 5 FT. N OF 27N E OF 74W VARIABLE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO
4 FT IN NE TO E SWELL. S OF 27N NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS
5 TO 8 FT E OF BAHAMAS...AND 4 TO 6 FT W OF BAHAMAS. ISOLATED
SHOWERS S OF 25N.
.FRI AND FRI NIGHT...N OF 27N W OF 69W S TO SW WINDS 10 TO 15
KT ...EXCEPT N OF 30N BETWEEN FRONT AND 69W 15 TO 20 KT AND
BECOMING N TO NE 10 TO 15 KT BEHIND FRONT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. N
OF 27N E OF 69W WINDS VARIABLE 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT IN N
SWELL. FROM 23N TO 27N SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4
FT E OF BAHAMAS ...AND 2 TO 3 FT W OF BAHAMAS. S OF 23N W OF
75W E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. S OF 23N E OF
75W NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS ALONG FRONT. ISOLATED SHOWERS S OF
26N. .SAT AND SAT NIGHT...N OF 26N W OF 72W S TO SW WINDS 15
TO 20 KT...INCREASING TO 20 TO 25 KT SAT NIGHT...EXCEPT N OF
29N NE TO E 10 TO 15 KT EARLY. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT...BUILDING TO 5
TO 7 FT LATE. N OF 26N E OF 72W SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT
EXCEPT N OF 30N E TO SE. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. S OF 26N W OF 72W E
TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. S OF 26N E OF 72W E
WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...EXCEPT S OF 24N E OF BAHAMAS E 15 TO 20
KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT...EXCEPT S OF 24N E OF BAHAMAS 5 TO 6 FT.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS NW PART.
.SUN...N OF 26N S TO SW WINDS 20 TO 30 KT...EXCEPT INCREASING
TO 30 TO 35 KT N OF 30N...AND BECOMING W TO NW BEHIND FRONT.
SEAS 6 TO 8 FT...EXCEPT N OF 30N BEHIND FRONT BUILDING TO 9 TO
14 FT. FROM 23N TO 26N SE TO S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 7
FT. S OF 23N SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT E OF
BAHAMAS...AND 2 TO 3 FT W OF BAHAMAS.
.MON...N OF 26N SW WINDS 20 TO 30 KT...EXCEPT N OF 30N BETWEEN
FRONT AND 72W W TO NW 30 TO 35 KT EARLY DIMINISHING TO NW TO
N 25 TO 30 KT IN THE AFTERNOON AND NW TO N 20 TO 25 KT
ELSEWHERE BEHIND FRONT BECOMING N TO NE 20 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS BUILDING TO 8 TO 12 FT...EXCEPT N OF 30N
BETWEEN FRONT AND 72W 11 TO 16 FT. FROM 24N TO 26N SW TO W
WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...EXCEPT N TO NE 20 KT BEHIND FRONT. SEAS 4
TO 6 FT. S OF 26N SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...EXCEPT NE 15 TO
20 KT BEHIND FRONT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
.TUE...WINDS BECOMING NE TO E 10 TO 15 KT...EXCEPT S OF 26N NE
TO E 15 TO 20 KT AND NE 20 TO 25 KT S OF 23N E OF BAHAMAS. SEAS
8 TO 12 FT IN NW SWELL...EXCEPT 10 TO 15 FT N OF 25N E OF 74W
AND 4 TO 6 FT SW OF BAHAMAS.


SYNOPSIS FOR THE GULF OF MEXICO
.SYNOPSIS...A WEAK COLD FRONT EXTENDS FROM PANAMA CITY SW TO
TO 27N93W THEN BECOMES STATIONARY TO INLAND OVER FAR SOUTHERN
TEXAS. THE FRONT WILL LIFT N AS A WARM FRONT FRI AND FRI NIGHT
AS LOW PRES FORMS OVER S TEXAS. THE LOW WILL MOVE RAPIDLY NE
ACROSS THE SE U.S. SAT AND SAT NIGHT WITH A COLD FRONT FROM SE
LOUISIANA TO W BAY OF CAMPECHE BY EARLY SAT EVENING...FROM
TAMPA BAY TO THE NE YUCATAN PENINSULA EARLY SUN...AND MOVE SE
OF THE GULF LATE SUN. HIGH PRES WILL BUILD ACROSS THE AREA IN
THE WAKE OF THE FRONT RESULTING IN STRONG OFFSHORE FLOW.

MIDDLE GULF BETWEEN 85W AND 90W
.TONIGHT...N OF 26N S TO SW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...EXCEPT BEHIND
FRONT N TO NE. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT IN SE SWELL. S OF 26N E TO SE
WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
TSTMS ALONG FRONT.
.FRI AND FRI NIGHT...SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.
.SAT...SE TO S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS BUILDING 4 TO 6 FT.
.SAT NIGHT AND SUN...S TO SW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...EXCEPT BEHIND
FRONT BECOMING NW 20 TO 25 KT...THEN N TO NE 15 TO 20 KT LATE.
SEAS 5 TO 6 FT...EXCEPT BEHIND FRONT BUILDING TO 7 TO 9 FT.
WINDS AND SEAS HIGHER IN AND NEAR NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND TSTMS
ALONG FRONT.
.MON...WINDS BECOMING NE TO E WINDS 15 KT...EXCEPT NE 15 TO 20
KT FAR SE. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT...EXCEPT 5 TO 7 FT FAR SE PART.
.TUE...E TO SE WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT N OF 26N...AND
5 TO 6 FT S OF 26N.

E GULF BETWEEN 81W AND 85W
.TONIGHT...N OF 27N S TO SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. S OF
26N SE TO S WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
TSTMS N OF 27N. ISOLATED SHOWERS S OF 27N.
.FRI AND FRI NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND TSTMS N OF 27N. ISOLATED SHOWERS S OF 27N.
.SAT AND SAT NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT BECOMING SE TO S 15
TO 20 KT SAT NIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT...BUILDING TO 3 TO 5 FT SAT
NIGHT. WINDS AND SEAS HIGHER IN AND NEAR SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
TSTMS N OF 27N. SCATTERED SHOWERS S OF 27N.
.SUN...WINDS BECOMING SW 15 TO 20 KT...EXCEPT BEHIND FRONT NW
20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 5 FT...EXCEPT BEHIND FRONT BUILDING TO
5 TO 8 FT. WINDS AND SEAS HIGHER IN AND NEAR SCATTERED TO
NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND TSTMS ALONG FRONT. SCATTERED SHOWERS
ELSEWHERE S OF FRONT.
.MON AND TUE...S OF 25N NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7
FT. N OF 25N NE TO E WINDS 15 KT...SHIFTING TO SE TUE. SEAS 4
TO 6 FT.


SYNOPSIS FOR CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLC FROM 07N TO
22N BETWEEN 55W AND 65W
.SYNOPSIS...HIGH PRES RIDGE N OF AREA WILL PERSIST THROUGH FRI
THEN SHIFT EASTWARD AND WEAKEN SAT. MODERATE TO FRESH TRADE
WINDS WILL PREVAIL ACROSS MOST OF THE REGION THROUGH TUE. A
COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE FAR NW CARIBBEAN LATE SUN...THEN
WEAKEN MON AS STRONG HIGH PRES BUILDS S ACROSS THE YUCATAN
CHANNEL AND NW CUBA ...AND OVER MUCH OF THE NORTHERN PORTION
TUE.

NW CARIBBEAN N OF 15N W OF 75W
.TONIGHT...E OF 83W NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...EXCEPT 20 KT
NEAR WINDWARD PASSAGE. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. W OF 83W E TO SE WINDS
10 TO 15 KT...EXCEPT GULF OF HONDURAS SE 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2
TO 4 FT.
.FRI THROUGH SAT NIGHT...S OF 17N E OF 80W E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT.
SEAS 4 TO 7 FT. ELSEWHERE E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...EXCEPT
GULF OF HONDURAS SE 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
.SUN...S OF 17N E OF 80W E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
ELSEWHERE SE TO S WINDS 10 KT...EXCEPT GULF OF HONDURAS SE 15
TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT...EXCEPT GULF OF HONDURAS 3 TO 5 FT.
.MON...S OF 17N E OF 80W NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 6
FT. ELSEWHERE NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...EXCEPT FAR NW PART
BECOMING NE 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT...EXCEPT FAR NW PART
BUILDING TO 5 TO 6 FT.
.TUE...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT...HIGHEST S OF
17N E OF 79W.


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