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FZNT25 KNHC 300159
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
859 PM 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 NAPLES FLORIDA TO
EASTERN BAY OF CAMPECHE WILL SWEEP RAPIDLY SE AND EXTEND THE
STRAITS OF FLORIDA TO YUCATAN PENINSULA LATE TONIGHT AND SE OF
THE AREA BY EARLY SUN. 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 NW GULF BY
EARLY TUE. THIS FRONT WILL MOVE E AND EXTEND FROM THE FLORIDA
PANHANDLE TO BROWNSVILLE TEXAS BY LATE TUE. ON WED DEVELOPING
LOW PRES OVER THE NW GULF MOVES ALONG THE FRONT TO THE FLORIDA
PANHANDLE BY LATE THU AND NE OF THE AREA THU NIGHT. 

.TONIGHT...N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.SUN...N TO NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...BECOMING NE 15 TO 20 KT IN
THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.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 4 TO 6 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS. 
.MON NIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...DIMINISHING TO 10 TO
15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. 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. 
.THU...S TO SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...HIGH PRES CENTERED ACROSS THE CENTRAL ATLC NEAR
29N50W EXTENDS W-SW THROUGH THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA THIS EVENING
AND SHIFTS E OF THE AREA SUN. COLD FRONT FROM 31N75W TO
E-CENTRAL FLORIDA WILL QUICKLY MOVE E AND EXTEND FROM NEAR
31N67W TO THE CENTRAL BAHAMAS BY EARLY SUN AND FROM 27N65W TO E
CUBA BY 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 INTO WED IN ADVANCE OF YET ANOTHER COLD
FRONT FORECAST TO DROP INTO THE AREA N OF 30N ON THU.  

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