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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
536 AM EDT TUE OCT 16 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 FROM N FLORIDA ALONG 28N TO NEAR
CORPUS CHRISTI TEXAS WILL REMAIN STATIONARY ALONG THE TEXAS
COAST WHILE SINKING S ACROSS E PORTIONS...REACHING FROM NEAR FT
MYERS FLORIDA TO CORPUS CHRISTI BY THIS 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 MYERS TO
CORPUS CHRISTI SAT MORNING. 

.TODAY...N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.TONIGHT...N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING NE TO E 5 TO
10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.WED...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.WED NIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. 
.THU...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 FT OR LESS. 
.FRI...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 FT OR LESS. 
.SAT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. 

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...HURRICANE RAFAEL NEAR 26.6N 65.0W 974 MB AT 0900 UTC
MOVING N NE OR 015 DEG AT 14 KT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 75 KT
GUSTS 90 KT. LARGE E TO SE SWELL FROM RAFAEL WILL BEGIN TO IMPACT
FLORIDA ATLC COASTAL WATERS BEGINNING THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A
WEAK COLD FRONT MOVING SE INTO EXTREME NW WATERS THIS MORNING
WILL STALL AND DISSIPATE FROM NEAR 31N65W TO PALM BEACH FLORIDA
WED NIGHT. ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO NW WATERS FRI AND
EXTEND FROM 31N74W TO HOBE SOUND...FLORIDA SAT.

.TODAY...S OF 27N...N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. N OF 27N...N TO
NW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING N 10 TO 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON.
SEAS 2 TO 4 FT S OF 27N...AND 6 TO 8 FT N OF 27N. 
.TONIGHT...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 TO E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT S OF 27N...AND
6 TO 8 FT N OF 27N. 
.WED NIGHT...S OF 27N...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. N
OF 27N...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.THU...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.FRI...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.SAT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.