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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
956 PM 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...A COLD FRONT ALONG THE TEXAS COAST WILL REACH FROM
SE LOUISIANA TO THE SW GULF OF MEXICO MON...THEN WEAKEN FROM
TAMPA TO EASTERN BAY OF CAMPECHE TUE...AND EXIT THE SE GULF TUE
NIGHT. WEAK HIGH PRES BEHIND THE FRONT WILL MOVE QUICKLY MOVE E
TUE AND WED WHILE SOUTHERLY FLOW DEVELOPS ACROSS THE WESTERN
GULF. A STRONGER COLD FRONT WILL REACH THE TEXAS COAST THU THEN
RACE ACROSS THE GULF FRI...FOLLOWED BY STRONG OFFSHORE FLOW AND
BUILDING SEAS. 

.TONIGHT...SE TO S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.MON...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.MON NIGHT...SW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.
.TUE...SW TO W WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING NW 5 TO 10 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.WED...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.THU...S WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.FRI...N TO NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...HIGH PRES WILL SLIDE EASTWARD THROUGH TUE AS A COLD
FRONT MOVES OFF THE COAST OF NORTHERN FLORIDA. THE FRONT WILL
REACH FROM 31N71W TO S FLORIDA TUE NIGHT THEN WEAKEN AND BECOME
STATIONARY ACROSS SE WATERS WED. HIGH PRES BUILDING BEHIND THE
FRONT WILL BRING FRESH TO STRONG NW WINDS N OF 28N TUE AND WED.
HIGH PRES WILL SHIFT E THU AND FRI AS ANOTHER COLD FRONT MOVES
OFF THE NE FLORIDA COAST LATE THU.  

.TONIGHT...S OF 27N...E TO SE WINDS 10 KT. N OF 27N...SE TO S
WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
.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. 
.MON NIGHT...S OF 27N...S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. N OF 27N...SW WINDS
10 TO 15 KT...INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS
2 TO 3 FT S OF 27N...AND 4 TO 6 FT N OF 27N. 
.TUE...S OF 27N...S TO SW WINDS 10 KT. N OF 27N...W WINDS 15 TO 20
KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT S OF 27N...AND 4 TO 6 FT N OF 27N.
.TUE NIGHT...S OF 27N...NW TO N WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. N OF 27N...NW TO
N WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT S OF 27N...AND 4 TO 6 FT N OF 27N.
.WED...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.THU...SE TO S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.FRI...NW TO N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT.