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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
419 PM 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 TAMPA BAY TO 25N92W WILL QUICKLY
MOVE E OF AREA. NEW COLD FRONT MOVES INTO NW GULF EARLY THU
MORNING...WITH GALE CONDITIONS BEHIND THE FRONT MOVING S ALONG
THE MEXICAN COAST INTO EARLY FRI. FRONT LIES FROM SW FLORIDA TO
THE W BAY OF CAMPECHE FRI MORNING BEFORE MOVING SE OF AREA. HIGH
PRES OVER THE GULF COAST STATES MOVES E FRI THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

.TONIGHT...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.WED...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. 
.WED NIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.THU...SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.THU NIGHT...S TO SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING NW 20 TO
25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT...BUILDING TO 4 TO 6 FT
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 
.FRI...N TO NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.SAT...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.SUN...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...A COLD FRONT FROM 31N77W TO 28N81W WILL QUICKLY MOVE
ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT...WEAKEN AND BECOME STATIONARY OVER THE
FAR SE WATERS WED. A STRONGER COLD FRONT WILL MOVE OFF THE NE
FLORIDA COAST LATE THU...AND EXTEND FROM NEAR 31N69W TO WESTERN
CUBA FRI LATE AND FROM NEAR 23N65W TO THE WINDWARD PASSAGE BY
SUN.   

.TONIGHT...S OF 27N...N WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. N OF 27N...NW WINDS
15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING NW TO N 10 TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS
2 TO 3 FT S OF 27N...AND 4 TO 6 FT N OF 27N. 
.WED...S OF 27N...NE TO E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. N OF 27N...N TO NE
WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING NE TO E IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 TO
4 FT. 
.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. 
.THU...S OF 27N...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. N OF 27N...SE WINDS
5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING SE TO S 10 TO 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS
2 TO 4 FT. 
.THU NIGHT...S OF 27N...SE TO S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. N OF 27N...S
TO SW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING SW 20 TO 25 KT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT S OF 27N...AND 4 TO 6 FT N OF 27N. 
.FRI...NW TO N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.SAT...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. 
.SUN...N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.