000
FZNT25 KNHC 290922
OFFN04

NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
422 AM EST SAT DEC 29 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 EXTENDING FROM NEAR APALACHICOLA
FLORIDA TO JUST N OF VERACRUZ MEXICO WILL REACH FROM N CENTRAL
FLORIDA TO THE EASTERN BAY OF CAMPECHE LATER DURING THE
MORNING...THEN FROM NEAR THE FLORIDA KEYS TO THE YUCATAN
PENINSULA EARLY TONIGHT...AND TO E OF THE AREA DURING TONIGHT.
HIGH PRES WILL BUILD ACROSS THE REGION 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 MON NIGHT. THIS FRONT
WILL THEN REACH FROM THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE TO THE WESTERN BAY OF
CAMPECHE TUE. A WEAK LOW MAY FORM ALONG THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY IN
THE WESTERN GULF BY WED AND TRACK NE. 

.TODAY...SW TO W WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND TSTMS.
.TONIGHT...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. ISOLATED SHOWERS.
.SUN...N TO NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. ISOLATED SHOWERS. 
.SUN NIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.MON...E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.TUE...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.WED...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...A RIDGE FROM 28N65W SW TO THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA
WILL SHIFT E OF THE AREA THROUGH SUN ALLOWING FOR A COLD FRONT
TO MOVE OFF THE U.S. SE COAST AND FLORIDA COAST EARLY THIS
AFTERNOON. THE COLD FRONT WILL QUICKLY REACH FROM NEAR 31N71W TO
S FLORIDA BY EARLY THIS EVENING...FROM NEAR 31N68W TO WESTERN
CUBA SUN MORNING...FROM NEAR 27N65W TO CENTRAL CUBA BY EARLY SUN
EVENING...THEN ACROSS THE FAR SE AND S PORTIONS MON WHILE
WEAKENING TO A SHEARLINE. SOUTHERLY WINDS INCREASE OVER THE FAR
NW WATERS ON TUE IN ADVANCE OF YET ANOTHER COLD FRONT FORECAST TO
MOVE ACROSS THE NW PART OF THE AREA BY WED.

.TODAY...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N...AND SW 20 TO 25 KT N OF
27N. S OF 27N...SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. N OF 27N...SEAS 3 TO 5 FT...
BUILDING TO 5 TO 7 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
TSTMS N OF 27N. ISOLATED SHOWERS S OF 27N. 
.TONIGHT...S OF 27N...SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING W TO NW
15 TO 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. N OF 27N...W TO NW
WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT...BUILDING TO 6 TO 9 FT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS N OF 27N. ISOLATED SHOWERS
S OF 27N.
.SUN...S OF 27N...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. N OF 27N...NW TO N WINDS
20 TO 25 KT...BECOMING N 15 TO 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 TO
5 FT S OF 27N...AND 6 TO 9 FT N OF 27N. ISOLATED SHOWERS S OF 28N.
.SUN NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.MON...E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.TUE...SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.WED...SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.