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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
522 AM EDT WED OCT 17 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...WEAK HIGH PRES ACROSS THE SE U.S. EXTENDS SW INTO
THE CENTRAL GULF THIS MORNING...AND WILL SHIFT NE LATER TODAY...
ALLOWING MODERATE RETURN FLOW TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE W HALF OF
THE GULF. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE OFF THE TEXAS COAST OVERNIGHT
AND REACH FROM NEAR CEDAR KEY FLORIDA TO BROWNSVILLE TEXAS FRI
MORNING THEN DISSIPATE FROM NEAR FORT MYERS FLORIDA TO CORPUS
CHRISTI TEXAS SAT. WEAK HIGH PRES BUILDS ACROSS THE AREA OVER
THE WEEKEND. 

.TODAY...NE TO E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.TONIGHT...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. 
.THU...E TO SE WINDS LESS THAN 5 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. 
.THU NIGHT...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...N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.SUN...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...HURRICANE RAFAEL NE OF THE AREA NEAR 35.2N 60.7W AT
0900 UTC AND ACCELERATING N-NE AND AWAY FROM THE REGION.
MODERATE LONG PERIOD NE TO E SWELL WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH
THE AREA WATERS TODAY AND FADE TONIGHT. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE
INTO THE NW WATERS FRI AND EXTEND FROM 31N74W TO WEST PALM BEACH
BY SAT AND FROM 31N71W TO WEST PALM BEACH BY SUN.  

.TODAY...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT S OF 27N...AND 6 TO
8 FT N OF 27N. 
.TONIGHT...S OF 27N...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. N OF 27N...E WINDS
5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING SE 10 TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO
3 FT S OF 27N...AND 5 TO 7 FT N OF 27N. 
.THU...S OF 27N...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING SE TO S IN THE
AFTERNOON. N OF 27N...S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.THU NIGHT...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT S OF 27N...AND
3 TO 5 FT N OF 27N. 
.FRI...SE TO S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.SAT...N TO NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. 
.SUN...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.