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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
522 PM EDT MON OCT 15 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 DESTIN...FLORIDA TO CORPUS
CHRISTI...TEXAS WILL WILL REACH FROM NEAR FT MEYERS...FLORIDA TO
CORPUS CHRISTI BY TUE EVENING...WHERE IT WILL STALL AND GRADUALLY
DISSIPATE. A STRONGER COLD FRONT WILL MOVE OFF THE TEXAS COAST
EARLY THU AND REACH FROM CEDAR KEY...FLORIDA TO BROWNSVILLE...
TEXAS FRI MORNING AND WEAKEN FROM FORT MEYERS TO CORPUS CHRISTI
SAT MORNING.

.TONIGHT...N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.TUE...N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...DIMINISHING TO 5 TO 10 KT IN
THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.WED...NE TO E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING E TO SE IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS.
.WED NIGHT...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. 
.THU...E TO SE WINDS LESS THAN 5 KT. SEAS 1 FT OR LESS. 
.FRI...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 FT OR LESS. 
.SAT...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. 

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...TROPICAL STORM RAFAEL NEAR 24.1N 65.8W 985 MB AT 
2100 UTC OCT 15 MOVING N OR 350 DEG AT 9 KT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED 
WINDS 60 KT GUSTS 75 KT. RAFAEL WILL INTENSIFY TO HURRICANE 
STRENGTH BY EARLY TUE MORNING NEAR 26.1N 65.2W THEN MOVE E OF 
THE AREA NEAR 29.4N 64.0W TUE AFTERNOON BEFORE ACCELERATING NE
AWAY FROM THE AREA TO 33.7N 61.4W WED MORNING. A COLD FRONT WILL
PUSH INTO NW WATERS TUE AND DISSIPATE FROM 31N65W TO SEBASTIAN
INLET...FLORIDA WED NIGHT. ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO NW
WATERS FRI AND EXTEND FROM 31N75W TO CAPE CANAVERAL SAT.  

.TONIGHT...N WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.TUE...S OF 27N...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING N TO NE 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 8 FT N OF 27N IN SE SWELL. 
.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 IN SE SWELL N OF 27N.
.WED...S OF 27N...NE TO E WINDS LESS THAN 5 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.
N OF 27N...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT IN SE SWELL. 
.WED NIGHT...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT S OF 27N...AND
5 TO 7 FT N OF 27N. 
.THU...E TO SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.FRI...SE TO S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.SAT...NE TO E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT.