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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
448 AM EDT WED OCT 10 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...HIGH PRES RIDGE BUILDS ACROSS GULF STATES WITH LIGHT
TO GENTLE NE FLOW E OF 93W AND GENTLE TO MODERATE E TO SE BREEZE
W OF 94W THROUGH LATE WED NIGHT. LOW PRES OFF E COAST OF FLORIDA
COMBINED WITH STRENGTHENING HIGH PRES OVER GULF STATES TIGHTENS
PRES GRADIENT ACROSS SE GULF ZONE INCREASING NE FLOW MAINLY S OF
25N E OF 87W INCLUDING STRAITS OF FLORIDA THROUGH SUN. 

.TODAY...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND TSTMS. 
.TONIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 
.THU...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 
.THU NIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.FRI...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SAT...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.SUN...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...SURFACE TROUGH ALONG 74W N OF 25N WITH 1012 MB LOW 
PRES AT 28N74W DRIFT N-NE THROUGH SAT.  HIGH PRES STRENGTHENS IN
ITS WAKE BRINGING FRESH TO STRONG NE BREEZE ACROSS MOST OF BASIN
N OF 23N THROUGH LATE SAT.  HIGH PRES MOVES NE WITH FRESH NE-E
BREEZE ACROSS ENTIRE AREA SUN.  

.TODAY...S OF 27N...N TO NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...INCREASING TO
10 TO 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. N OF 27N...N 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. 
.TONIGHT...S OF 27N...N TO NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...DIMINISHING
TO 10 TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. N OF 27N...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT.
SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 
.THU...S OF 27N...N TO NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. N OF 27N...N TO NE
WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON.
SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS. 
.THU NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.FRI...N TO NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.SAT...NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.SUN...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.