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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
957 PM 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...A RIDGE FROM THE ATLC DOMINATES THE GULF REGION. A
STRONG COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP THROUGH NW GULF LATE TUE AFTERNOON
AND EXTEND FROM THE SE LOUISIANA TO NEAR TUXPAN MEXICO TUE
EVENING... FROM SOUTH FLORIDA TO THE YUCATAN PENINSULA WED
EVENING AND DISSIPATE ACROSS STRAITS OF FLORIDA AND SE GULF THU.

.TONIGHT...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...BECOMING S 15 TO 20 KT
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.WED...SW TO W WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 
.WED NIGHT...NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING N 10 TO 15 KT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. 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. 
.SAT...E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...A RIDGE DOMINATES THE SW N ATLANTIC. FRESH WINDS ARE
ON THE SOUTHERN PERIPHERY OF THE RIDGE MAINLY S OF 22N. WINDS
AND SEAS WILL DIMINISH THROUGH TUE AS HIGH PRES CURRENTLY
LOCATED NEAR 31N64W MOVES E ALONG 31N. SE TO S WINDS WILL
INCREASE LATE TUE AHEAD OF STRONG COLD FRONT MOVING OFF NE
FLORIDA COAST LATE WED. THE FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM 31N78W TO
SOUTH FLORIDA WED EVENING...FROM 31N68W TO CENTRAL CUBA THU
EVENING AND FROM 27N65W TO 22N77W FRI EVENING AS A DISSIPATING
FRONT.   

.TONIGHT...S OF 27N...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...DIMINISHING TO 5 TO
10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. N OF 27N...SW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...
DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.
SCATTERED SHOWERS. 
.TUE...S OF 27N...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...INCREASING TO 10 TO 15 KT
IN THE AFTERNOON. N OF 27N...SW TO W WINDS LESS THAN 5 KT...
BECOMING SE IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.TUE NIGHT...S OF 27N...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. N OF 27N...SE
WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING SE TO S 15 TO 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT.
SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.WED...S OF 27N...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. N OF
27N...S TO SW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 
.WED NIGHT...S OF 27N...W WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. N OF 27N...SW TO W
WINDS 25 TO 30 KT...BECOMING W TO NW 20 TO 25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT.
SEAS 2 TO 3 FT S OF 27N...AND 6 TO 8 FT N OF 27N. 
.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. 
.SAT...E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.