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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1125 AM EDT TUE OCT 2 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 EXTENDS FROM THE FLORIDA BID BEND TO
THE YUCATAN PENINSULA. THE FRONT WILL SLIGHTLY MOVE ACROSS THE
SE PORTION OF THE GULF THIS EVENING THEN STALL FROM THE FLORIDA
PANHANDLE BIG BEND TO THE YUCATAN PENINSULA BY WED AND DISSIPATE
THU. HIGH PRES RIDGE WILL DOMINATE THE GULF WATERS WED THROUGH
SAT PRODUCING MAINLY A GENTLE BREEZE. THE NEXT COLD FRONT WILL
REACH THE N GULF STATES LATE SAT. 

.THIS AFTERNOON...SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 
.TONIGHT...W WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...SHIFTING TO E TO SE AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 
.WED...E TO SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 
.WED NIGHT...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...INCREASING TO 10 TO 15 KT
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 
.THU...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.FRI...NE TO E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.SAT...NE TO E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. 

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...PRES GRADIENT BETWEEN HIGH PRES RIDGE ALONG 31N AND
AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT OVER THE SE U.S. IS PRODUCING
INCREASING WINDS W OF 77W TODAY. THE FRONT WILL WEAKEN AS IT
ENTERS THE FAR NW PORTION TONIGHT THEN DISSIPATE THU. HIGH PRES
REMAINS ALONG 31N THROUGH FRI.  

.THIS AFTERNOON...S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...DIMINISHING TO 10 TO
15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT S OF 27N...AND 5 TO 7 FT
N OF 27N. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 
.TONIGHT...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 TSTMS. 
.WED...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N...AND S 5 TO 10 KT N
OF 27N. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 
.WED NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N...AND E TO SE 5 TO
10 KT N OF 27N. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 
.THU...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.FRI...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.SAT...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.