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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
525 AM EDT WED OCT 24 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...HIGH PRES ACROSS EASTERN U.S. DRIFT E THROUGHOUT
SUN. TROPICAL STORM SANDY LIFTS N-NE ACROSS BAHAMAS. THIS WILL
CAUSE STRONG NE-E WINDS ACROSS STRAITS OF FLORIDA TONIGHT
EXPANDING INTO EASTERN THIRD OF THE GULF THROUGH FRI. 

.TODAY...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 
.TONIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 
.THU AND THU NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND SCATTERED TSTMS.
.FRI THROUGH SUN...N TO NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...HIGH PRES MOVE E OFF CAROLINA COAST THROUGH THU AND
MAINTAIN STRONG PRES GRADIENT ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA AS
TROPICAL STORM SANDY IN CENTRAL CARIBBEAN AT 16.3N 77.0W AT 5 AM
SANDY INTENSIFIES TO HURRICANE THIS AFTERNOON. SANDY WILL MOVE
OVER EASTERN CUBA TONIGHT AND WEAKEN TO A TROPICAL STORM THU
NEAR 23.3N 76.6W LATE THU THEN TO 25.7N 76.W THU NIGT...28.2N
76.6W FRI NIGHT AND 31.0N 73.6W SAT NIGHT AND N OF THE AREA SUN.
 

.TODAY...S OF 27N...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...INCREASING TO
20 TO 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. N OF 27N...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT.
SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 
.TONIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 25 TO 30 KT S OF 27N...AND E 20 TO
25 KT N OF 27N. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 
.THU...NE WINDS 25 TO 30 KT. SEAS 8 TO 13 FT...BUILDING TO
10 TO 15 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 
.THU NIGHT...S OF 27N...N TO NE WINDS 25 TO 30 KT...BECOMING N
TO NW 40 TO 50 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 14 TO 19 FT. N OF 27N...
NE TO E WINDS 25 TO 30 KT...BECOMING NE 30 TO 40 KT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 15 TO 20 FT...BUILDING TO 16 TO 26 FT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SCATTERED SHOWERS. 
.FRI...N TO NW WINDS 40 TO 45 KT. SEAS 16 TO 26 FT. 
.SAT THROUGH SUN...N TO NW WINDS 25 TO 30 KT. SEAS 13 TO 18 FT.