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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1059 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 APPALACHICOLA...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 SECOND 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. 

.OVERNIGHT...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 WINDS LESS THAN 5 KT. SEAS 1 FT OR LESS. 
.FRI...N TO 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...HURRICANE RAFAEL NEAR 25.1N 65.5W 974 MB AT 0300 UTC
OCT 16 MOVING N OR 010 DEG AT 10 KT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS
75 KT GUSTS 90 KT. THE CENTER OF RAFAEL WILL BE JUST E OF THE
AREA NEAR 27.6N 64.7W BY TUE MORNING AND MOVE TO 31.6N 62.8W TUE
EVENING BEFORE ACCELERATING NE AWAY FROM THE AREA. 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 31N74W TO HOBE
SOUND...FLORIDA SAT.  

.OVERNIGHT...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...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. 
.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...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. 
.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...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 WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT.