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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1002 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 ENTERS NW GULF THEN STALL AND MOVE N AS
WARM FRONT. STRONGER COLD FRONT SWEEPS THROUGH NW GULF LATE TUE
AND EXTEND FROM SE LOUISIANA TO WESTERN BAY OF CAMPECHE TUE
NIGHT AND FROM SW FLORIDA TO YUCATAN PENINSULA WED NIGHT THEN
STALL AND DISSIPATE ACROSS STRAITS OF FLORIDA AND SE GULF THU. 

.TODAY...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.TONIGHT...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT INCREASING TO 15 KT LATE.
SEAS 1 TO 2 FT.
.TUE...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT BECOMING S 15 TO 20 KT LATE.
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 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 DISSIPATE
LATER TODAY. WINDS AND SEAS DIMINISH THROUGH TUE AS HIGH PRES
BEHIND FRONT MOVES E ALONG 30N. SE TO S WINDS INCREASE LATE TUE
AHEAD OF STRONG COLD FRONT MOVING OFF NE FLORIDA COAST LATE WED.
FRONT EXTEND FROM 31N80W TO CENTRAL FLORIDA LATE WED AND FROM
31N65W TO STRAITS OF FLORIDA FRI.  

.TODAY...S OF 27N...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. N OF 27N...S WINDS
5 TO 10 KT INCREASING TO 15 KT LATE. 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 KT LATE. 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 SHIFTING SE LATE. 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 20 KT LATE. 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.