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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
421 AM EST WED DEC 26 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...STRONG COLD FRONT FROM WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE TO
NEAR TAMPICO MEXICO WILL EXTEND FROM S FLORIDA TO THE YUCATAN
PENINSULA THIS EVENING AND E OF THE AREA TONIGHT. ANOTHER COLD
FRONT WILL MOVE OFF THE TEXAS COAST LATE FRI AND 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. 

.TODAY...SW TO W WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 
.TONIGHT...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 THROUGH 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 INCREASING AHEAD OF STRONG COLD FRONT
MOVING OFF NE FLORIDA COAST LATER TODAY. SW WINDS JUST AHEAD OF
THE FRONT WILL INCREASE TO GALE FORCE N OF 29N W OF 77W TODAY.
THE FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM 31N78W TO SOUTH FLORIDA WED EVENING
AND FROM 31N68W TO CENTRAL CUBA THU THEN WEAKEN FROM 28N65W TO
EASTERN CUBA FRI. ANOTHER STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE OFF
FLORIDA SAT AND EXTEND FROM 31N70W TO S FLORIDA SUN.  

...GALE WARNING...

.TODAY...S OF 27N...S WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. N OF 27N...S TO SW WINDS
25 TO 35 KT. SEAS 7 TO 9 FT S OF 27N...AND 8 TO 12 FT N OF 27N.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS.
.TONIGHT...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 AND THU NIGHT...S OF 27N...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO
3 FT. N OF 27N...NW TO N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.
SCATTERED SHOWERS. 
.FRI...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.SAT THROUGH SUN...N TO NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.