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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1017 AM EST SUN DEC 16 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...WEAK HIGH PRES OVER THE EASTERN GULF WILL MOVE E OF
THE AREA THROUGH MON ALLOWING FOR A COLD FRONT TO MOVE OFF THE
TEXAS COAST LATE TONIGHT INTO MON. THE COLD FRONT WILL QUICKLY
REACH FROM NEAR SE LOUISIANA TO THE SW GULF OF MEXICO DURING MON
MORNING...THEN WEAKEN AS IT REACHES FROM NEAR TAMPA SW TO 25N88W
TO EASTERN BAY OF CAMPECHE EARLY TUE...AND EXITS THE SE GULF
LATE TUE. BEHIND IT...WEAK HIGH PRES WILL QUICKLY MOVE E ACROSS
THE FAR NORTHERN WATERS TUE AND WED WITH SOUTHERLY FLOW DEVELOPING
ACROSS THE WESTERN PORTION. A STRONGER COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO
RAPIDLY MOVE OFF SHORE THE TEXAS COAST EARLY ON THU FOLLOWED BY
STRONG OFFSHORE FLOW AND BUILDING SEAS.

.TODAY...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...DIMINISHING TO 5 TO 10 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. ISOLATED SHOWERS. 
.TONIGHT...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. ISOLATED SHOWERS. 
.MON...SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING S TO SW 5 TO 10 KT
IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. ISOLATED SHOWERS. 
.MON NIGHT...SW TO W WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. ISOLATED
SHOWERS.
.TUE...N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. 
.WED...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.THU...S TO SW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...HIGH PRES OVER THE WESTERN PART OF THE AREA WILL
SLIDE TO E OF THE AREA BY TUE ALLOWING FOR A COLD FRONT TO ENTER
THE FAR NW PORTION. THE COLD FRONT WILL THEN REACH FROM NEAR
31N71W TO S FLORIDA LATE TUE AS IT BEGINS TO WEAKEN...AND TO
ACROSS THE FAR SE WATERS AS A DISSIPATING STATIONARY FRONT BY
LATE WED. HIGH PRES WILL BUILD ACROSS AREA BEHIND FRONT WITH A
TIGHT PRES GRADIENT EXPECTED TO BRING FRESH TO STRONG NW WINDS N
OF 28N TUE AND WED. HIGH PRES WILL THEN SHIFT E ACROSS THE FAR
NORTHERN WATERS THU ALLOWING FOR ANOTHER COLD FRONT TO MOVE OFF
THE NE FLORIDA COAST LATE THU.  

.TODAY...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N...AND SE 5 TO 10 KT N OF
27N. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. ISOLATED SHOWERS.
.TONIGHT...S OF 27N...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING SE 5 TO
10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. N OF 27N...SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS
2 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS N OF 27N. ISOLATED
SHOWERS S OF 27N.
.MON...SE TO S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT S OF 27N...AND S TO SW 10 TO
15 KT N OF 27N. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
TSTMS N OF 27N. ISOLATED SHOWERS S OF 27N.
.MON NIGHT...S OF 27N...S TO SW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. N OF 27N...S
TO SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING SW TO W 15 TO 20 KT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS N OF 27N.
ISOLATED SHOWERS S OF 27N.
.TUE...NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.WED...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.THU...SE TO S WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.