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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
527 PM EDT MON AUG 20 2012

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

SOUTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO

.SYNOPSIS...A TROUGH EXTENDING FROM THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE TO
TAMPICO MEXICO WILL SLOWLY MOVE E THROUGH TUE AS A WEAK COLD
FRONT APPROACHES THE FAR NORTHERN COASTAL WATERS. THE COLD FRONT
WILL BECOME STATIONARY THROUGH WED AND DISSIPATE WED NIGHT AND
THU. THE NORTHERN PORTION OF A TROPICAL WAVE ALONG 85W WILL MOVE
ACROSS THE SW GULF TUE THROUGH THU. 

.TONIGHT...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.TUE...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED TSTMS. 
.TUE NIGHT...S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.WED...S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.WED NIGHT...E WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.
.THU...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.FRI...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.SAT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...A SERIES OF WEAK TROUGHS WILL MOVE EASTWARD N OF 28N
THROUGH TUE. OTHERWISE A RIDGE OF HIGH PRES ALONG 27N WILL
REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY THROUGH TUE...THEN WILL LIFT NORTHWARD
WED THROUGH SAT AS A STRONG TROPICAL WAVE AND AREA OF LOW PRES
APPROACHES THE REGION FROM THE SE LATE IN THE WEEK.  

.TONIGHT...S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.TUE...S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED TSTMS. 
.TUE NIGHT...S OF 27N...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. N OF 27N...S TO SW
WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS.
.WED...S OF 27N...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. N OF 27N...S TO SW WINDS
10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
TSTMS.
.WED NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N...AND S TO SW 5 TO 10
KT N OF 27N. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.
.THU...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.FRI...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SAT...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT.