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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
521 AM EDT THU OCT 18 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 W ATLC SW TO THE
CENTRAL GULF WILL CONTINUE TO SHIFT E TODAY AS A COLD FRONT
MOVES OFF THE TEXAS COAST AND INTO THE GULF WATERS THIS MORNING.
THIS FRONT WILL MOVE QUICKLY ACROSS THE GULF...AND REACH FROM
NEAR TAMPA FLORIDA TO CORPUS CHRISTI TEXAS BY FRI EVENING THEN
DISSIPATE FROM THE UPPER FLORIDA KEYS W TO THE CENTRAL GULF NEAR
24N92W BY SAT EVENING. WEAK HIGH PRES WILL BUILD ACROSS THE AREA
SAT AND SUN WITH INCREASING RETURN FLOW MON. 

.TODAY...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING SE IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS
0 TO 1 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.TONIGHT...N TO NE WINDS LESS THAN 5 KT...SHIFTING TO E TO SE
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 1 FT OR LESS. 
.FRI...E TO SE WINDS LESS THAN 5 KT...BECOMING W IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 1 FT OR LESS. 
.FRI NIGHT...N WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. 
.SAT...N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.SUN...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 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...A WEAK PRES PATTERN WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE BASIN
THROUGH TONIGHT WITH NE SWELL FROM RAFAEL QUICKLY FADING ACROSS
NW WATERS TODAY. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE NW WATERS LATE
FRI..AND EXTEND FROM 31N74W TO EXTREME S FLORIDA BY SAT
EVENING...THEN FROM NEAR BERMUDA THROUGH STRAITS OF FLORIDA SUN
EVENING THEN GRADUALLY DISSIPATE FROM 27N65W THROUGH THE STRAITS
LATE MON. HIGH PRES BUILDING NW OF FRONT TO PRODUCE FRESHENING
NE WINDS AND BUILDING SEAS LATE SUN THROUGH MON.  

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