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FZNT25 KNHC 010847
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
347 AM EST SAT DEC 1 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 BROAD SURFACE RIDGE CENTERED OVER THE N CAROLINA
COAST WILL EXTEND SW ACROSS THE MAJORITY OF THE GULF...GRADUALLY
SHIFTING E THROUGH WED. MODERATE TO FRESH EASTERLY WINDS WILL
PREVAIL E OF 90W WHILE GENTLE TO MODERATE SE WINDS PREVAIL W OF
90W THROUGH TUE. A WEAK FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE NW GULF EARLY
WED AND LINGER NEAR THE NORTHWESTERN GULF COAST. 

.TODAY...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.TONIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.SUN...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.SUN NIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.MON...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.TUE...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.WED...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...A SHEAR LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR 25N65W TO GREAT 
INAGUA ISLAND WILL MEANDER OVER THE SE WATERS THROUGH TONIGHT 
THEN WILL GRADUALLY MOVE SE SUN THROUGH WED AS REINFORCING HIGH 
PRES PASSES OFF OF THE U.S. MID ATLC COAST. THIS WILL INCREASE 
THE PRES GRADIENT NW OF THE SHEAR LINE SUN THROUGH 
TUE...EXPANDING AN AREA OF FRESH TO STRONG WINDS TO ITS NW. THE 
SHEAR LINE WILL THEN BECOME DIFFUSE WED.  

.TODAY...S OF 27N...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. N OF 27N...NE TO
E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.TONIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.SUN...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.SUN NIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.MON...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.TUE...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.WED...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.