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FZNT25 KNHC 012113
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
413 PM 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 EXTENDING FROM THE FLORIDA
PANHANDLE TO NEAR TAMPICO MEXICO WILL GRADUALLY SHIFT E THROUGH
TUE. 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 WILL
LINGER NEAR THE NORTHWESTERN GULF COAST THROUGH WED NIGHT...
DISSIPATING THU AS THE RIDGE REBUILDS FROM THE NE.

.TONIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...EXCEPT TO 25 KT STRAITS OF
FLORIDA. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT...EXCEPT TO 9 FT STRAITS OF FLORIDA.
ISOLATED SHOWERS.
.SUN...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...EXCEPT TO 25 KT STRAITS OF
FLORIDA. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT...EXCEPT TO 9 FT STRAITS OF FLORIDA.
.SUN NIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...EXCEPT TO 25 KT STRAITS
OF FLORIDA. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT...EXCEPT TO 8 FT STRAITS OF FLORIDA.
.MON...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.MON NIGHT...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 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 2 TO 3 FT. 
.THU...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 24N65W THROUGH THE
TURKS AND CAICOS WILL MEANDER OVER THE SE ATLC WATERS THROUGH
TONIGHT THEN WILL GRADUALLY DRIFT SE SUN THROUGH WED AS A COLD
FRONT WHILE REINFORCING HIGH PRES SHIFTS OFF OF THE U.S. MID
ATLC COAST. THIS WILL INCREASE THE PRES GRADIENT NW OF THE
BOUNDARY SUN THROUGH TUE...EXPANDING AN AREA OF FRESH TO STRONG
WINDS TO ITS NW. THE SHEAR LINE WILL THEN BECOME DIFFUSE WED. A
WEAK COLD FRONT MAY CLIP THE WATERS N OF 30N LATE WED AND THU.

.TONIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...EXCEPT TO 25 KT STRAITS OF
FLORIDA. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT...EXCEPT TO 9 FT STRAITS OF FLORIDA.
ISOLATED SHOWERS.
.SUN...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...EXCEPT TO 25 KT STRAITS OF
FLORIDA. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT...EXCEPT TO 9 FT STRAITS OF FLORIDA.
.SUN NIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT S OF 27N...AND E 15 TO 20
KT N OF 27N. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT...EXCEPT TO 8 FT STRAITS OF FLORIDA.
.MON...S OF 27N...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. N OF 27N...NE TO E
WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON.
SEAS 4 TO 7 FT.
.MON NIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT S OF 27N...AND NE TO E
10 TO 15 KT N OF 27N. 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. 
.THU...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.