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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1002 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 WATERS MON THEN STALL AND MOVE N ALONG THE NORTH GULF
STATES. A STRONGER COLD FRONT WILL ENTER THE GULF REGION LATE
TUE FOLLOWED BY FRESH TO STRONG WINDS. THE FRONT WILL REACH FROM
SE LOUISIANA TO NEAR TUXPAN MEXICO TUE EVENING...FROM SW FLORIDA
TO THE YUCATAN PENINSULA WED EVENING THEN STALL AND DISSIPATE
ACROSS THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA AND THE SE GULF BY THU. SOUTHERLY
RETURN FLOW WILL SET UP OVER THE WESTERN GULF BY FRI. 

.TONIGHT...E 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 2 TO 3 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 2 TO 4 FT. 
.WED...W WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.THU...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...STATIONARY FRONT FROM 22N65W 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 31N80W TO CENTRAL FLORIDA WED
EVENING...FROM 31N65W TO THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA BY FRI.  

.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. 
.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...S OF 27N...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. N OF 27N...S WINDS
LESS THAN 5 KT...BECOMING SE IN THE AFTERNOON. 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 3 TO 5 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.