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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1041 AM EST TUE DEC 18 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 FROM NE FLORIDA TO 25N92W TO INLAND
MEXICO JUST S OF TAMPICO WILL QUICKLY EXIT THE SE GULF EARLY
TONIGHT. WEAK HIGH PRES IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT WILL MOVE E
ACROSS THE GULF THROUGH TONIGHT...AND TO THE NW ATLC BY WED
AFTERNOON. THIS WILL ALLOW FOR RETURN FLOW TO SET UP ACROSS MUCH
OF THE AREA IN ADVANCE OF A MUCH STRONGER COLD FRONT CURRENTLY
WELL W OF THE AREA. THIS NEXT COLD FRONT IS FORECAST TO REACH
THE TEXAS COAST EARLY THU MORNING...THEN RAPIDLY MOVE ACROSS THE
GULF TO A POSITION FROM NEAR PENSACOLA FLORIDA TO 25N92W TO
VERACRUZ BY EARLY THU AFTERNOON...FROM NEAR THE FLORIDA KEYS TO
NW YUCATAN PENINSULA EARLY FRI MORNING...AND TO SE OF THE GULF
LATER DURING FRI MORNING. STRONG HIGH PRES WILL BUILD ACROSS THE
AREA BEHIND THE FRONT BRINGING STRONG TO GALE FORCE N WINDS OVER
MUCH OF THE WESTERN GULF ALONG WITH LARGE SEAS. !--NOT SENT--!

.THIS AFTERNOON...W TO NW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS. 
.TONIGHT...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.WED...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...INCREASING TO 10 TO 15 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.WED NIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.THU...SE TO S WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.FRI...N TO NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.SAT...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...A COLD FRONT JUST NW OF THE AREA WILL MOVE ACROSS
THE FAR NORTHERN WATERS REACHING A POSITION FROM NEAR 31N69W TO
WESTERN CUBA BY LATE TONIGHT...THEN WEAKEN AND BECOME STATIONARY
OVER THE FAR SE WATERS WED. FRESH TO STRONG NW WINDS EXPECTED N
OF 28N THROUGH WED AS HIGH PRES BUILDS BEHIND FRONT. A STRONGER
COLD FRONT WILL MOVE OFF THE NE FLORIDA COAST LATE THU...AND
EXTEND FROM NEAR 31N71W TO WESTERN CUBA FRI AFTERNOON AND FROM
NEAR 26N65W TO EASTERN CUBA BY LATE SAT.  

.THIS AFTERNOON...S OF 27N SW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.
N OF 27N W WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. ISOLATED SHOWERS S
OF 27N.
.TONIGHT...S OF 27N...N WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. N OF 27N...NW WINDS
15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING N 10 TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO
3 FT S OF 27N...AND 4 TO 6 FT N OF 27N. ISOLATED SHOWERS S OF 27N.
.WED...S OF 27N NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING NE TO E 10 TO 15
KT IN THE AFTERNOON. N OF 27N NE TO E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2
TO 4 FT. ISOLATED SHOWERS S OF 27N.
.WED NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N...AND E TO SE 5 TO
10 KT N OF 27N. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. ISOLATED SHOWERS S OF 27N. 
.THU...SE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.FRI...NW TO N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.SAT...N TO NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT.