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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
359 AM EST MON DEC 24 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...COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE NORTHERN GULF TODAY
THEN STALL AND MOVE N. A STRONGER COLD FRONT WILL ENTER THE NW
GULF LATE TUE. THE FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM SE LOUISIANA TO
WESTERN BAY OF CAMPECHE TUE EVENING AND FROM SW FLORIDA TO THE
YUCATAN PENINSULA WED EVENING THEN STALL AND DISSIPATE ACROSS
THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA AND THE SE GULF BY THU. 

.TODAY...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.TONIGHT...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...INCREASING TO 10 TO 15 KT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. 
.TUE AND TUE NIGHT...SE TO S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.WED...W WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.THU THROUGH FRI...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...STATIONARY FRONT FROM 22N65W TO HISPANIOLA WILL
DISSIPATE LATER TODAY. 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 EXTEND FROM 31N80W TO
CENTRAL FLORIDA WED EVENING AND FROM 31N65W TO THE STRAITS OF
FLORIDA BY FRI.  

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