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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
417 PM 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 OVER NORTH FLORIDA WILL MOVE E INTO THE
WESTERN ATLC BY MON. A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE NORTHERN
GULF MON THEN STALL AND MOVE N ALONG THE NORTHERN GULF COAST. A
STRONGER COLD FRONT WILL ENTER THE GULF WATERS LATE TUE FOLLOWED
BY FRESH TO STRONG WINDS. THE FRONT WILL REACH FROM FROM THE
FLORIDA BIG BEND TO THE E BAY OF CAMPECHE WED MORNING...FROM SW
FLORIDA TO THE YUCATAN PENINSULA WED EVENING THEN STALL ACROSS
THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA AND THE SE GULF THU MORNING.  

.TONIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING SE 10 TO 15 KT
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.MON...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. 
.MON NIGHT...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...INCREASING TO 10 TO 15 KT
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. 
.TUE...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING SE TO S 15 TO 20 KT IN
THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.TUE NIGHT...SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.WED...W WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.THU...N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.FRI...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...COLD FRONT FROM 23N65W TO HISPANIOLA WILL DSSIPATE
ACROSS THE SE WATERS ON MON. WINDS AND SEAS WILL DIMINISH
THROUGH TUE AS HIGH PRES BEHIND FRONT MOVES E ALONG 30N. SE TO S
WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE TUE INTO WED AHEAD OF STRONG COLD FRONT
MOVING OFF NE FLORIDA COAST LATE WED. THE FRONT WILL REACH FROM
31N77W TO S FLORIDA WED EVENING...FROM 31N69W TO WESTERN CUBA
THU EVENING AND FROM 31N65W TO CENTRAL CUBA FRI MORNING.  

.TONIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N...AND S 5 TO 10 KT N OF
27N. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.MON...S OF 27N...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. N OF 27N...SE TO S
WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING S 10 TO 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS
2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS. 
.MON NIGHT...S OF 27N...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. N OF 27N...S
TO SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...DIMINISHING TO 5 TO 10 KT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS. 
.TUE...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N...AND SE TO S 5 TO
10 KT N OF 27N. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS. 
.TUE NIGHT...S OF 27N...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. N OF 27N...SE
TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.WED...S TO SW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.THU...NW TO N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.FRI...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.