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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1047 PM 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...A COLD FRONT MOVING INTO THE NORTHERN GULF WILL
REACH FROM OFF NE FLORIDA...THROUGH THE FLORIDA BIG BED AREA TO
S TEXAS BY EARLY FRI...THEN ACROSS S FLORIDA WATERS SAT BEFORE DISSIPATING
FROM THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA TO THE CENTRAL TEXAS COAST BY EARLY
SUN.

.OVERNIGHT...SE TO S WINDS LESS THAN 5 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT.
SCATTERED SHOWERS. 
.FRI...N TO NE 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 1 TO 2 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...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. 
.TUE...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...WEAK RIDGING EXTENDING FROM BERMUDA TO THE CENTRAL
BAHAMAS WILL SHIFT E AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT EMERGING OFF THE NE
FLORIDA COAST OVERNIGHT. THE FRONT WILL REACH FROM 31N72W TO E
CENTRAL FLORIDA BY EARLY SAT...FROM 31N70W TO THE NW BAHAMAS BY
EARLY SUN...THEN WEAKEN AS IT SHIFTS E OF 65W MON AND TUE. HIGH
PRES WILL BUILD OFF THE CAROLINAS BEHIND THE FRONT MON AND TUE. 

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