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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1127 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 EXTENDING FROM THE SE UNITED STATES
SW TO THE CENTRAL GULF WILL SHIFT NE THROUGH TONIGHT ALLOWING
FOR MODERATE RETURN FLOW TO DEVELOP ACROSS WESTERN GULF WATERS.
A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE OFF THE TEXAS COAST LATE TONIGHT...MOVE
QUICKLY ACROSS THE GULF...AND REACH FROM NEAR TAMPA FLORIDA TO
BROWNSVILLE TEXAS BY FRI MORNING. THE FRONT WILL DISSIPATE FROM
NEAR FORT MYERS FLORIDA TO SE TEXAS SAT. WEAK HIGH PRES WILL
BUILD ACROSS THE AREA SAT AND SUN. 

.THIS AFTERNOON...NE TO E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS FAR SE PART.
.TONIGHT...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS.
.THU...E TO SE WINDS LESS THAN 5 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS.
.THU NIGHT...E WINDS LESS THAN 5 KT. SEAS 1 FT OR LESS. ISOLATED
SHOWERS AND TSTMS.
.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...LINGERING SWELLS FROM HURRICANE RAFAEL WILL CONTINUE
TO SUBSIDE OVER THE E AND SE PORTIONS THROUGH TONIGHT. A WEAK
PRES PATTERN WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE BASIN THROUGH THU NIGHT. A
COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE NW WATERS FRI..AND EXTEND FROM
31N74W TO WEST PALM BEACH BY SAT...THEN FROM 31N71W TO WEST PALM
BEACH BY SUN AS CENTRAL ATLC HIGH PRES BUILDS SW OVER THE
EASTERN PORTION OF THE BASIN.  

.THIS AFTERNOON...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT S OF 27N...
AND 5 TO 7 FT IN NE SWELL N OF 27N. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND TSTMS
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 IN NE SWELL N OF 27N. ISOLATED SHOWERS
AND TSTMS 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 IN SE SWELL.
ISOLATED SHOWERS AND 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.