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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1041 PM EDT SAT OCT 20 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 IS MOVING INTO THE FLORIDA STRAITS
WHERE IT WILL DISSIPATE THROUGH EARLY SUN. HIGH PRES WILL BUILD
BEHIND THE FRONT WITH WINDS BECOMING FRESH OVER MUCH OF THE GULF
SUN NIGHT INTO TUE. WINDS WILL DIMINISH OVER THE WESTERN GULF BY
WED...BUT THE PRES GRADIENT WILL REMAIN STRONG OVER THE E GULF
BETWEEN HIGH PRES TO THE N AND DEVELOPING LOW PRES JUST S OF
JAMAICA. 

.OVERNIGHT...N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.SUN...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.SUN NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING NE TO E 15 TO 20 KT
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.MON...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.MON NIGHT...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. 
.WED...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.THU...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...COLD FRONT FROM 31N72W TO THE FLORIDA KEYS SHIFT W
AND REACH FROM 31N67W TO CENTRAL BAHAMAS SUN MORNING...THEN
WEAKEN AS IT SHIFTS E OF 65W MON. HIGH PRES WILL BUILD OFF THE
CAROLINA COAST BEHIND THE FRONT SUN NIGHT THROUGH WED. THE PRES
GRADIENT WILL INCREASE BETWEEN THE HIGH PRES TO THE N AND
DEVELOPING LOW PRES OVER THE CARIBBEAN TUE INTO WED...INCREASING
EASTERLY WINDS OVER MUCH OF THE SW N ATLC S OF 28N.  

.OVERNIGHT...S OF 27N...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. N OF 27N...NE WINDS
LESS THAN 5 KT...BECOMING N TO NW AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO
3 FT. 
.SUN...N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.SUN NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT S OF 27N...AND NE 10 TO 15 KT
N OF 27N. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.MON...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT S OF 27N...AND NE 10 TO 15 KT N OF
27N. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.MON NIGHT...S OF 27N...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. N OF 27N...NE
TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.TUE...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.WED...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.THU...NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT.