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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
354 AM EST SUN DEC 23 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...HIGH PRES NEAR MOBILE BAY MOVES E TODAY. A COLD
FRONT WILL APPROACH THE NORTHERN GULF MON THEN STALL AS A
STATIONARY FRONT N OF 28N MON NIGHT AND TUE. STRONGER COLD FRONT
WILL RACE SOUTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE REGION TUE AND EXTEND FROM SE
LOUISIANA TO S TEXAS TUE NIGHT AND FROM FLORIDA PANHANDLE TO E
BAY OF CAMPECHE EARLY WED AND E OF THE AREA THU. 

.TODAY...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.TONIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.MON AND MON NIGHT...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.TUE...SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.WED THROUGH THU...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...COLD FRONT FROM 25N65W TO DOMINICAN REPUBLIC WILL
WEAKEN TONIGHT. WINDS AND SEAS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH THROUGH
TUE AS HIGH PRES BEHIND THE FRONT MOVES E ALONG 30N. SE TO S
WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE TUE AHEAD OF A STRONG COLD FRONT
EXPECTED MOVE OFF THE NE FLORIDA COAST LATE TUE AND EXTEND FROM
31N71W TO THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA BY LATE WED AND FROM 31N65W TO
CENTRAL CUBA LATE THU.  

.TODAY...S OF 27N...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. N OF 27N...NW TO N
WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...SHIFTING TO S IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 TO
5 FT. 
.TONIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N...AND S 5 TO 10 KT
N OF 27N. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.MON AND MON NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.
SCATTERED SHOWERS. 
.TUE...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.WED THROUGH THU...N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.