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FZNT25 KNHC 281522
OFFN04

NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1022 AM EST FRI DEC 28 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 COLD FRONT MOVING OFF THE TEXAS THIS MORNING WILL
REACH FROM SE LOUISIANA TO TAMPICO MEXICO BY EARLY
TONIGHT...FROM NEAR TAMPA FLORIDA TO THE WESTERN BAY OF CAMPECHE
BY EARLY SAT LATE...AND TO E OF THE AREA SAT NIGHT. HIGH PRES
WILL BUILD ACROSS THE AREA BEHIND THE FRONT INTO SUN...THEN
SHIFT E TO THE ATLANTIC MON ALLOWING FOR ANOTHER COLD FRONT TO
MOVE INTO THE FAR WESTERN GULF BY LATE MON. THE FRONT WILL THEN
REACH FROM THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE TO THE WESTERN BAY OF CAMPECHE
TUE. 

.TODAY...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. ISOLATED
TSTMS. 
.TONIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING SE TO S 15 TO 20 KT
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
TSTMS. 
.SAT...SW TO W WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 
.SAT NIGHT...NW TO N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING N 20 TO 25 KT
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS. 
.SUN...NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.MON...E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.TUE...SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...COLD FRONT EXTENDS FROM 28N65W TO 26N70W WHERE IT
BECOMES A WEAKENING STATIONARY FRONT EXTENDING W-SW NW CUBA. THE
COLD FRONTAL PORTION WILL CONTINUE TO SHIFT E AND DISSIPATE JUST
E OF THE AREA TONIGHT...WHILE THE STATIONARY PORTION OF THE
FRONT LIFTS N AND W WARM FRONT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH
TONIGHT...MOVING INTO S FLORIDA AND THE NW BAHAMAS. WEAK HIGH
PRES IN ITS WAKE WILL QUICKLY SHIFT E-NE THROUGH SAT ALLOWING
FOR ANOTHER STRONG COLD FRONT TO MOVE OFF THE U.S. SE COAST AND
FLORIDA PENINSULA. THIS STRONG FRONT WILL QUICKLY REACH FROM
NEAR 31N68W TO WESTERN CUBA SUN MORNING...FROM NEAR 27N65W TO
CENTRAL LATE SUN AND ACROSS FAR SE AND S PORTIONS MON WHILE
WEAKENING TO A SHEARLINE. SOUTHERLY WINDS INCREASE OVER THE FAR
NW WATERS TUE IN ADVANCE OF YET ANOTHER COLD FRONT.  

.TODAY...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N...AND SE LESS THAN 5 KT N
OF 27N. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.TONIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.SAT...S OF 27N...SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. N
OF 27N...S TO SW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING SW 20 TO 25 KT IN
THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT...BUILDING TO 5 TO 7 FT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 
.SAT NIGHT...S OF 27N...W WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. N
OF 27N...W TO NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 
.SUN...N TO NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.MON...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.TUE...SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.