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FZNT25 KNHC 250905
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
405 AM EST TUE DEC 25 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...RIDGE FROM THE ATLC DOMINATES THE AREA. A STRONG
COLD FRONT WILL MOVE RAPIDLY THROUGH NW GULF LATER TODAY AND
EXTEND FROM THE SE LOUISIANA TO WESTERN BAY OF CAPECHE THIS
EVENING AND FROM S FLORIDA TO THE YUCATAN PENINSULA WED EVENING
AND DISSIPATE ACROSS STRAITS OF FLORIDA AND SE GULF THU. ANOTHER
COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE NW GULF FRI NIGHT AND MOVE RAPIDLY
AND EXTEND FROM THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE TO THE BAY OF CAMPECHE SAT
AFTERNOON.  

.TODAY...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING SE TO S 15 TO 20 KT IN
THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.TONIGHT...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. SCATTERED SHOWERS. 
.THU...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.FRI THROUGH SAT...S TO SW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...RIDGE ACROSS THE AREA 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 AND FROM 31N68W TO CENTRAL CUBA THU
EVENING AND FROM 27N65W TO 22N77W FRIIN THE EVENING AS A
DISSIPATING FRONT.  

.TODAY...S OF 27N...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...INCREASING TO 10 TO
15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. N OF 27N...S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO
3 FT. 
.TONIGHT...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 9 FT N OF 27N. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 
.THU...NW TO N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.FRI THROUGH SAT...SE TO S WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.