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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
949 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 FLORIDA BIG BEND TO VERACRUZ
MEXICO WILL EXTEND FROM S FLORIDA TO YUCATAN PENINSULA TONIGHT
THEN MOVE E OF THE AREA THU. ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL REACH THE
TEXAS COAST LATE FRI AND EXTEND FROM THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE TO
THE BAY OF CAMPECHE SAT AND FROM THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA ACROSS
THE YUCATAN SUN. 

.TODAY...SW TO W WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS. 
.TONIGHT...NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT.
.THU...N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. 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 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...S TO SW WINDS WILL INCREASE TODAY AHEAD OF A STRONG
COLD FRONT MOVING OFF THE NE FLORIDA COAST THIS AFTERNOON. SW
WINDS JUST AHEAD OF THE FRONT WILL INCREASE TO GALE FORCE N OF
29N W OF 77W. THE FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM 31N78W TO SOUTH FLORIDA
TONIGHT 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 29N...S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. N OF 29N...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 29N AND 6 TO 9 FT N OF 29N.
.TONIGHT...S OF 27N...SW TO W WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. N OF 27N...W TO
NW WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT S OF 27N AND 6 TO 9 FT N
OF 27N. SCATTERED SHOWERS.
.THU...S OF 27N...NW TO N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. 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.
.THU NIGHT...S OF 27N...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. N OF 27N...NW TO N
WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT S OF 27N AND 4 TO 6 FT N OF
27N.
.FRI...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.SAT...S TO SW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SUN...N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.