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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1131 AM EDT SAT OCT 27 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 WIND FIELD ASSOCIATED WITH HURRICANE SANDY
EXTENDING ACROSS THE GULF WATERS E OF 86W WILL CONTINUE THROUGH
THIS AFTERNOON. A COLD FRONT FROM W FLORIDA PANHANDLE TO NEAR
20N97W ALONG THE LOWER MEXICAN COAST WILL MOVE SE AND REACH FROM
FORT MYERS FLORIDA TO THE W BAY OF CAMPECHE SUN...THEN DISSIPATE
FROM THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA THROUGH YUCATAN AND BAY OF CAMPECHE
MON. FRESH TO STRONG N WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT WILL SPREAD E
THROUGH MON. 

.THIS AFTERNOON...N TO NW WINDS 25 TO 30 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. 
.TONIGHT...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. 
.SUN NIGHT...N TO NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. 
.MON...N TO NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. 
.MON NIGHT...N TO NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...DIMINISHING TO 15 TO
20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT.
.TUE...N TO NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. 
.TUE NIGHT...N TO NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.WED...N TO NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING NW 10 TO 15 KT IN
THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...HURRICANE SANDY NEAR 29.0N 76.0W 958 MB AT 11 AM EDT
MOVING NNE AT 8 KT WITH MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 65 KT GUSTS
80 KT AND WILL MOVE TO 30.4N 75.0W THIS EVENING...TO 32.2N 73.4W
SUN MORNING... AND GRADUALLY EXIT N OF THE AREA LATE SUN. A VERY
LARGE EXPANDING WIND FIELD WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT THE NORTHERN
ATLC ZONES N OF 25N EVEN AS SANDY MOVES WELL N OF THE AREA. VERY
LARGE NW SWELL WILL IMPACT ATLC WATERS AND CARIBBEAN PASSAGES
SUN THROUGH TUE...SUBSIDING WED.  

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING...

.THIS AFTERNOON...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS. W TO NW WINDS 45 TO
50 KT S OF 27N...AND NW 55 TO 65 KT N OF 27N. S OF 27N...SEAS
14 FT...BUILDING TO 16 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. N OF 27N...SEAS
28 FT...BUILDING TO 34 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.TONIGHT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS EXPECTED. S OF 27N...W TO
NW WINDS 30 TO 35 KT. N OF 27N...NW WINDS 45 TO 55 KT...
DIMINISHING TO 40 TO 45 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 14 TO 19 FT S OF
27N...AND 29 TO 39 FT N OF 27N. 
.SUN...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS EXPECTED. S OF 27N...W TO NW
WINDS 25 TO 30 KT. SEAS 15 FT...SUBSIDING TO 13 FT IN THE
AFTERNOON. N OF 27N...NW WINDS 35 TO 40 KT...DIMINISHING TO
30 TO 35 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 28 FT...SUBSIDING TO 23 FT
IN THE AFTERNOON. 
.SUN NIGHT...S OF 27N...W TO NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...DIMINISHING
TO 15 TO 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 12 FT...SUBSIDING TO 10 FT
AFTER MIDNIGHT. N OF 27N...NW WINDS 25 TO 30 KT...BECOMING W TO
NW 20 TO 25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 19 FT...SUBSIDING TO 17 FT
AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
.MON...W TO NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT S OF 27N...AND W TO NW 20 TO
25 KT N OF 27N. S OF 27N...SEAS 8 TO 11 FT. N OF 27N...SEAS
15 FT...SUBSIDING TO 13 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. 
.MON NIGHT...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...S OF 27N...NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. N OF
27N...W TO NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 9 TO 14 FT. 
.TUE NIGHT...S OF 27N...NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT.
N OF 27N...W WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT. 
.WED...S OF 27N...NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. N OF
27N...W WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT.