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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
416 PM 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 TONIGHT ALLOWING FOR
MODERATE RETURN FLOW TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE GULF W OF 90W. 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 WITH INCREASING RETURN FLOW
MON. 

.TONIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS. 
.THU...E TO SE WINDS LESS THAN 5 KT. SEAS 1 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 
.THU NIGHT...E WINDS LESS THAN 5 KT. SEAS 1 FT OR LESS. 
.FRI...E WINDS LESS THAN 5 KT...SHIFTING TO NW IN THE AFTERNOON.
SEAS 1 FT OR LESS. SCATTERED SHOWERS. 
.FRI NIGHT...N WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 FT OR LESS. 
.SAT...N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. 
.SUN...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.MON...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 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 LATE FRI..AND EXTEND
FROM 31N73W TO WEST PALM BEACH BY LATE SAT...THEN FROM 31N71W TO
WEST PALM BEACH BY SUN AS CENTRAL ATLC HIGH PRES BUILDS SW OVER
THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE BASIN.   

.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. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
TSTMS. 
.THU...S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT S OF 27N...AND 4 TO
6 FT N OF 27N. SCATTERED 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. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 
.FRI...S OF 27N...SE TO S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...DIMINISHING TO
LESS THAN 5 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. N OF 27N...SW WINDS 5 TO
10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 
.FRI NIGHT...SE TO S WINDS LESS THAN 5 KT...BECOMING S AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.SAT...N WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. 
.SUN...N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.MON...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.