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FZNT25 KNHC 260309
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1009 PM 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...A STRONG COLD FRONT FROM SE LOUISIANA TO NE MEXICO
NEAR 25N97W WILL REACH FROM SOUTH FLORIDA TO THE YUCATAN
PENINSULA WED EVENING THEN EXIT THE REGION WED NIGHT. ANOTHER
COLD FRONT WILL REACH THE TEXAS COAST LATE FRI...EXTEND FROM THE
FLORIDA PANHANDLE TO THE CENTRAL BAY OF CAMPECHE SAT MORNING AND
ACROSS THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA AND THE FAR SE GULF SAT NIGHT. 

.TONIGHT...SE TO S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.WED...SW TO W WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 
.WED NIGHT...NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING N 10 TO 15 KT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 
.THU...N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...DIMINISHING TO 5 TO 10 KT IN
THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.
.THU NIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.FRI...E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.SAT...W TO NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SUN...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...S TO SW WINDS WILL INCREASE TONIGHT AHEAD OF STRONG
COLD FRONT MOVING OFF NE FLORIDA COAST WED. SW WINDS JUST AHEAD
OF THE FRONT WILL INCREASE TO GALE FORCE N OF 29N W OF 77W WED.
THE FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM 31N78W TO SOUTH FLORIDA WED
EVENING... FROM 31N68W TO CENTRAL CUBA THU THEN WEAKEN FROM
28N65W TO EASTERN CUBA FRI. ANOTHER STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE
OFF FLORIDA SAT.  

...GALE WARNING...

.TONIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.WED...S OF 27N...S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. N OF 27N...S WINDS 20 TO
25 KT...SHIFTING TO S TO SW 25 TO 35 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2
TO 4 FT S OF 27N...AND 6 TO 8 FT N OF 27N...BUILDING TO 8 TO 11 FT
LATE. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS.
.WED NIGHT...S OF 27N...SW TO W WINDS 15 TO 20 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...S OF 27N...NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING NW TO N 5 TO
10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. N OF 27N...W TO NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT.
SEAS 2 TO 3 FT S OF 27N...AND 5 TO 7 FT N OF 27N. SCATTERED
SHOWERS. 
.THU NIGHT...S OF 27N...N TO NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. N OF 27N...NW
WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING NW TO N 5 TO 10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT.
SEAS 2 TO 3 FT S OF 27N...AND 4 TO 6 FT N OF 27N. 
.FRI...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.SAT...S TO SW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SUN...N TO NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.