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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
524 PM EDT FRI OCT 26 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...THE LARGE NORTHERLY WIND FIELD ASSOCIATED WITH
HURRICANE SANDY EXTENDS ACROSS THE GULF WATERS E OF 87W AND WILL
CONTINUE THROUGH SAT. A COLD FRONT IS ENTERING THE FAR NW GULF
REACHING FROM LAKE CHARLES LOUISIANA TO BROWNSVILLE TEXAS. THE
FRONT WILL REACH FROM THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE TO NEAR
TUXPAN MEXICO SAT MORNING...FROM NEAR SANIBEL ISLAND FLORIDA TO
22N96W TO THE W BAY OF CAMPECHE SUN MORNING...THEN WILL
DISSIPATE FROM THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA TO THE NORTHERN YUCATAN
AND BAY OF CAMPECHE ON MON. FRESH TO STRONG N WINDS BEHIND THE
FRONT WILL SPREAD E THROUGH MON. HIGH PRES WILL MOVE IN TO THE
CENTRAL GULF FROM THE NW LATE TUE AND WIND WITH MORE TRANQUIL
CONDITIONS SETTING UP. 

.TONIGHT...N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. 
.SAT...N TO NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...N TO NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...DIMINISHING TO 15 TO
20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT.
.SUN...NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT IN NW SWELL. 
.SUN NIGHT...N TO NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...INCREASING TO 20 TO
25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT IN NW SWELL. 
.MON...N TO NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...DIMINISHING TO 15 TO 20 KT IN
THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. 
.MON NIGHT...N TO NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT IN NW SWELL. 
.TUE...N TO NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT IN NW SWELL. 
.TUE NIGHT...N TO NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.WED...N TO NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KT
IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...HURRICANE SANDY NEAR 27.3N 77.1W 971 MB AT 5 PM EDT 
MOVING N AT 6 KT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 65 KT GUSTS 80 KT. 
SANDY WILL MOVE TO 28.3N 77.0W LATE TONIGHT WHILE WEAKENING TO A
 TROPICAL STORM...TO 29.7N 76.1W SAT AFTERNOON...THEN SLIGHTLY N
 OF THE AREA TO 31.3N 74.3W LATE SAT NIGHT...TO 33.1N 72.6W SUN 
AFTERNOON WHILE RESTRENGTHENING TO A HURRICANE...THEN WELL N OF 
THE AREA TO 37.0N 71.5W MON AFTERNOON. A LARGE AND EXPANDING 
WIND FIELD WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT THE NORTHERN ATLC ZONES EVEN 
AFTER SANDY MOVES WELL N OF THE AREA. VERY LARGE NW SWELL WILL 
IMPACT THE REGIONAL ATLC WATERS AND WILL MOVE THROUGH THE 
CARIBBEAN PASSAGES LATE SUN THROUGH TUE...SUBSIDING WED.  

...HURRICANE WARNING...

.TONIGHT...HURRICANE CONDITIONS EXPECTED. S OF 27N...W TO NW
WINDS 60 TO 65 KT...DIMINISHING TO 40 TO 45 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. N
OF 27N...N TO NE WINDS 55 TO 65 KT...BECOMING N TO NW 50 TO
60 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 15 TO 20 FT S OF 27N...AND 24 TO
34 FT N OF 27N. NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. VSBY 1 NM
OR LESS. 
.SAT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS EXPECTED. S OF 27N...W TO NW
WINDS 35 TO 40 KT...DIMINISHING TO 30 TO 35 KT IN THE AFTERNOON.
SEAS 14 TO 19 FT. N OF 27N...NW WINDS 50 TO 60 KT...DIMINISHING
TO 45 TO 55 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 32 FT... BUILDING TO 37 FT
IN THE AFTERNOON. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. VSBY 1 NM
OR LESS.
.SAT NIGHT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS EXPECTED. S OF 27N...W
TO NW WINDS 25 TO 30 KT. SEAS 15 TO 20 FT. N OF 27N...NW WINDS
40 TO 45 KT...DIMINISHING TO 25 TO 30 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS
37 FT...SUBSIDING TO 33 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.SUN...NW WINDS 25 TO 30 KT. S OF 27N...SEAS 15 FT...SUBSIDING
TO 13 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. N OF 27N...SEAS 27 FT...SUBSIDING TO
22 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.SUN NIGHT...S OF 27N...W TO NW 15 TO 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT...
SEAS 12 FT...SUBSIDING TO 10 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. NW WINDS 25 TO
30 KT. N OF 27N...20 TO 25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 19 FT...
SUBSIDING TO 17 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
.MON...S OF 27N...W TO NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT.
N OF 27N...W TO NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 12 TO 17 FT. 
.MON NIGHT...S OF 27N...NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT.
N OF 27N...NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 11 TO 16 FT. 
.TUE...S OF 27N...W TO NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT.
N OF 27N...W TO NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 10 TO 15 FT. 
.TUE NIGHT...S OF 27N...W TO NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. N OF 27N...W
TO NW WINDS 25 TO 30 KT...DIMINISHING TO 20 TO 25 KT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT S OF 27N...AND 8 TO 13 FT N OF 27N. 
.WED...S OF 27N...NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...DIMINISHING TO 10 TO
15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. N OF 27N...W TO NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT.
SEAS 6 TO 8 FT S OF 27N...AND 8 TO 11 FT N OF 27N.