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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1056 PM EDT SUN OCT 14 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 WEAK COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SE THROUGH THE GULF N OF
26N LATE MON AND DISSIPATE TUE NIGHT. A STRONGER FRONT WILL MOVE
OFF THE TEXAS COAST EARLY THU AND REACH FROM CEDAR KEY...FLORIDA
TO NE MEXICO NEAR 23N98W FRI MORNING. 

.OVERNIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.MON...N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT...SUBSIDING TO
2 TO 3 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. 
.MON NIGHT...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.TUE...N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.WED...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.THU...E TO SE WINDS LESS THAN 5 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. 
.FRI...NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...TROPICAL STORM RAFAEL NEAR 21.6N 64.8W 989 MB AT 
0300 UTC OCT 15 MOVING NNW OR 330 DEG AT 9 KT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS 60 KT GUSTS 75 KT. RAFAEL WILL INTENSIFY TO HURRICANE
STRENGTH MON MORNING NEAR 22.8N 65.6W....REACH 27.5N 65.0W TUE
MORNING AND REMAIN A HURRICANE AS IT MOVES NE OF THE AREA BY TUE
NIGHT. FRESH NE WINDS WILL DIMINISH OVER THE WESTERN HALF OF THE
AREA TONIGHT. A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH THE NW HALF TUE
THROUGH WED DISSIPATING THU. ANOTHER COLD FRONT MOVES INTO NW
WATERS FRI.  

.OVERNIGHT...S OF 27N...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. N OF 27N...NE
TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING E 10 TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT.
SEAS 4 TO 6 FT S OF 27N...AND 6 TO 9 FT N OF 27N. 
.MON...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT S OF 27N...AND 6 TO
8 FT N OF 27N. 
.MON NIGHT...N WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT S OF 27N...AND
5 TO 7 FT N OF 27N. 
.TUE...S OF 27N...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...DIMINISHING TO 5 TO
10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. N OF 27N...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS
3 TO 5 FT S OF 27N...AND 6 TO 9 FT N OF 27N. 
.TUE NIGHT...S OF 27N...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. N OF 27N...N TO NE
WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING NE 5 TO 10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS
3 TO 5 FT S OF 27N...AND 6 TO 9 FT N OF 27N. 
.WED...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.THU...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.FRI...SW TO W WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.