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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1040 AM EST FRI DEC 21 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...STRONG COLD FRONT FROM THE FLORIDA KEYS TO THE NE
YUCATAN PENINSULA CONTINUES TO PUSH THROUGH THE FAR SE GULF.
WINDS ARE STARTING TO DIMINISH ACROSS THE GULF AS 1033 MB HIGH
PRES OVER S TEXAS BUILDS EASTWARD ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF
THROUGH SUN. THE NEXT COLD FRONT IS FORECAST TO ENTER THE GULF
WATERS LATE TUE.

...GALE WARNING...

.THIS AFTERNOON...N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT...BUILDING TO 6 TO
9 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. 
.TONIGHT...N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...BECOMING N TO NE 15 TO 20 KT
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. 
.SAT...N TO NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT...SUBSIDING TO
4 TO 6 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. 
.SAT NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.SUN...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.MON...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.TUE...SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...STRONGER COLD FRONT FROM 31N75W TO THE FLORIDA KEYS
WILL EXTEND FROM 31N65W TO EASTERN CUBA BY EARLY SAT...FROM
24N65W TO THE WINDWARD PASSAGE BY EARLY SUN BEFORE STALLING AND
BECOMING DIFFUSE. WINDS TO GALE FORCE PERSIST THIS MORNING IN
THE OFFSHORE WATERS OFF NE FLORIDA. WINDS WILL DIMINISH THIS
WEEKEND AS HIGH PRES BUILDS BETWEEN N FLORIDA AND BERMUDA. LARGE
NW SWELL WILL SUBSIDE FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE AREA SAT
THROUGH MON.  

...GALE WARNING...

.REMAINDER OF THIS MORNING...N OF 30N W OF 78W W TO NW WINDS 30
TO 35 KT. SEAS 9 TO 13 FT. ELSEWHERE W TO NW WINDS 25 TO 30 KT.
SEAS 8 TO 12 FT. 
.THIS AFTERNOON...S OF 27N...W TO NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.
N OF 27N...W TO NW WINDS 25 TO 30 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT. 
.TONIGHT...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT S OF 27N...AND NW 25 TO 30 KT N
OF 27N. S OF 27N...SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. N OF 27N...SEAS 8 TO 11 FT...
BUILDING TO 8 TO 13 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
.SAT...S OF 27N...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. N OF
27N...NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...DIMINISHING TO 15 TO 20 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 8 TO 13 FT...SUBSIDING TO 8 TO 11 FT IN THE
AFTERNOON. 
.SAT NIGHT...S OF 27N...N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. N OF 27N...NW
TO N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...DIMINISHING TO 5 TO 10 KT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT S OF 27N...AND 6 TO 9 FT N OF 27N. 
.SUN...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.MON...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.TUE...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.