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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1130 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 WESTERN ATLC SW TO
THE CENTRAL GULF WILL E OF THE AREA BY TONIGHT AS A COLD FRONT
JUST OFFSHORE THE TEXAS COAST QUICKLY MOVES ACROSS THE GULF
REACHING FROM N CENTRAL FLORIDA TO 26N90W AND STATIONARY TO FAR
S TEXAS FRI MORNING...AND FROM NEAR TAMPA FLORIDA TO 26N90W AND
WEAKENING STATIONARY TO S TEXAS BY FRI EVENING. THE FRONT WILL
THEN DISSIPATE FROM S FLORIDA TO NEAR 24N90W BY SAT EVENING
WHILE THE WESTERN PORTION LIFTS N OVER THE FAR WESTERN WATERS.
WEAK HIGH PRES N OF THE AREA WILL ADVANCE EASTWARD SAT AND SUN
WITH A RIDGE SW ACROSS THE GULF. THE INTERACTION BETWEEN THE
RIDGE AND LOW PRES OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS WILL BRING INCREASING
RETURN FLOW ACROSS THE WESTERN WATERS SAT THROUGH MON. 

.THIS AFTERNOON...SW TO W WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT.
ISOLATED SHOWERS AND TSTMS.
.TONIGHT...N TO NE WINDS LESS THAN 5 KT...SHIFTING TO E TO SE
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 1 FT OR LESS. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 
.FRI...E TO SE WINDS LESS THAN 5 KT...BECOMING W IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 1 FT OR LESS. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 
.FRI NIGHT...N WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. ISOLATED SHOWERS
AND TSTMS. 
.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 AREA
INTO FRI MORNING. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE NW WATERS
EARLY FRI...REACH FROM NEAR 31N77W TO DAYTONA BEACH FRI EVENING
...FROM 31N74W TO S FLORIDA BY SAT AFTERNOON...THEN FROM NEAR
BERMUDA THROUGH STRAITS OF FLORIDA SUN EVENING. THE FRONT WILL
GRADUALLY DISSIPATE FROM NEAR 27N65W TO THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA
MON. HIGH PRES WILL BUILDING SE ACROSS THE AREA BEHIND THE 
FRONT WITH INCREASING NE WINDS AND BUILDING SEAS LATE SUN
THROUGH MON.  

.THIS AFTERNOON...SE TO S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT S OF
27N...AND 3 TO 5 FT N OF 27N. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND TSTMS N OF 27N.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS S OF 27N.
.TONIGHT...SE TO S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT S OF 27N...
AND 3 TO 5 FT N OF 27N. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND TSTMS N OF 27N. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS S OF 27N.
.FRI...S TO SW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. ISOLATED SHOWERS
AND TSTMS. 
.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. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 
.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.