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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1127 PM 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 AND EXPANDING WIND FIELD ASSOCIATED WITH
HURRICANE SANDY EXTENDING ACROSS THE GULF WATERS E OF 87W WILL
CONTINUE TONIGHT. A COLD FRONT FROM 30N84W TO 24N88W TO 23N94W
TO 18N95W WILL REACH FROM FORT MYERS FLORIDA TO THE W BAY OF
CAMPECHE SUN...THEN WILL DISSIPATE FROM THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA
THROUGH THE YUCATAN AND BAY OF CAMPECHE MON. FRESH TO STRONG N
WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT WILL SPREAD E THROUGH MON...DIMINISHING
TUE THROUGH THU AS HIGH PRES SETTLES OVER THE CENTRAL GULF FROM
THE NW.

.OVERNIGHT...N TO NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.SUN...NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. 
.SUN NIGHT...N TO NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. 
.MON...N TO NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT. 
.MON NIGHT...N TO NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. 
.TUE...N TO NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. 
.TUE NIGHT...NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.WED...NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.WED NIGHT...NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.THU...NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...DIMINISHING TO 5 TO 10 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...HURRICANE SANDY NEAR 30.9N 74.3W 960 MB AT 11 PM EDT
MOVING NE AT 12 KT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 65 KT GUSTS 80 KT.
SANDY WILL MOVE N OF THE AREA TO 32.2N 72.9W SUN MORNING...TO
34.1N 71.4W SUN EVENING...AND WELL N OF THE AREA TO 36.3N 71.1W
MON MORNING. A VERY LARGE EXPANSIVE WIND FIELD WILL CONTINUE TO
IMPACT THE ATLC ZONES EVEN AS SANDY MOVES WELL N OF THE AREA.
VERY LARGE NW SWELL WILL ALSO CONTINUE TO PROPAGATE ACROSS THE
ATLC WATERS AND CARIBBEAN PASSAGES SUN THROUGH TUE...SUBSIDING
WED AND THU.

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING...

.OVERNIGHT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS. W TO NW WINDS 30 TO
35 KT S OF 27N...AND NW 40 TO 50 KT N OF 27N. S OF 27N...SEAS
11 FT...BUILDING TO 13 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. N OF 27N...SEAS 26 TO
36 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. 
.SUN...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS EXPECTED. S OF 27N...W TO NW
WINDS 25 TO 30 KT. SEAS 11 TO 16 FT. N OF 27N...NW WINDS 35 TO
40 KT...BECOMING W TO NW 30 TO 35 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS
26 FT...SUBSIDING TO 22 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.SUN NIGHT...S OF 27N...W TO NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...DIMINISHING
TO 15 TO 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 8 TO 13 FT. N OF 27N...W TO
NW WINDS 25 TO 30 KT...DIMINISHING TO 20 TO 25 KT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 19 FT...SUBSIDING TO 16 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
.MON...S OF 27N...W TO NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...INCREASING TO
20 TO 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. N OF 27N...W TO NW WINDS 20 TO
25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT S OF 27N...AND 11 TO 16 FT N OF 27N. 
.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...W TO NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...INCREASING TO
20 TO 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. N OF 27N...W WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...
INCREASING TO 25 TO 30 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT S OF
27N...AND 9 TO 14 FT N OF 27N. 
.TUE NIGHT...S OF 27N...W TO NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO
8 FT. N OF 27N...W WINDS 25 TO 30 KT. SEAS 9 TO 14 FT. 
.WED...S OF 27N...NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. N OF
27N...W WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 13 FT. 
.WED NIGHT...S OF 27N...W TO NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. N OF 27N...W
WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...DIMINISHING TO 15 TO 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT.
SEAS 3 TO 5 FT S OF 27N...AND 7 TO 10 FT N OF 27N. 
.THU...S OF 27N...NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. N OF 27N...W TO NW WINDS
15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING W 20 TO 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 TO
4 FT S OF 27N...AND 6 TO 8 FT N OF 27N.