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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1045 AM EDT MON OCT 1 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 COLD FRONT FROM NEAR MOBILE ALABAMA SW TO 25N90W
TO INLAND MEXICO AT 20N96 WILL REACH THE WESTERN FLORIDA
PANHANDLE TO 25N88W TO THE NORTHERN YUCATAN PENINSULA TONIGHT...THEN
BEGIN TO WEAKEN AS IT REACHES FROM THE BIG BEND REGION OF FLORIDA
TO YUCATAN PENINSULA EARLY TUE...AND FROM NEAR TAMPA BAY TO NE
YUCATAN PENINSULA BY EARLY TUE NIGHT. THE FRONT WILL THEN BECOME
STATIONARY AND WEAKEN INTO A TROUGH THAT MOVES BACK W ACROSS THE
CENTRAL GULF WED AND THU...AND ACROSS THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE
GULF FRI AND SAT. WEAK HIGH PRES WILL BUILD ACROSS THE AREA THU
AND FRI.

.THIS AFTERNOON...S TO SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS
FAR SE PART. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND TSTMS ELSEWHERE.
.TONIGHT...SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND TSTMS.
.TUE...SW TO W WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING W 5 TO 10 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS.
.TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.WED...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.THU...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.FRI...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...HIGH PRES FROM 25N65W SW TO 23N79W WILL BECOME 
ALIGNED ALONG 31N WED THROUGH FRI. AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT 
OVER THE SE U.S. WILL INCREASE SOUTHERLY WINDS W OF 75W TONIGHT 
AND TUE. THE FRONT WILL WEAKEN AS IT ENTERS THE FAR NW PORTION 
TUE NIGHT...THEN REACH FROM NEAR 31N78W TO CENTRAL FLORIDA WED 
AND BECOME STATIONARY. THE FRONT WILL SLOWLY DISSIPATE THROUGH 
THU AS HIGH PRES REMAINS OVER THE BASIN INTO FRI. SCATTERED TO 
NUMEROUS TSTMS WILL BE OVER MUCH OF THE AREA W OF 70W THROUGH 
EARLY WED.  

.THIS AFTERNOON...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND TSTMS.
.TONIGHT...S OF 27N...S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. N OF 27N...S WINDS
10 TO 15 KT...INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS
3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS.
.TUE...S OF 27N...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. N OF 27N...S TO SW WINDS
15 TO 20 KT...DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS
3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS.
.TUE NIGHT...S OF 27N...SE TO S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING SE
10 TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. N OF 27N...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS
2 TO 3 FT S OF 27N...AND 4 TO 6 FT N OF 27N. SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.WED...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.THU...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.FRI...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.