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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1032 PM EST SUN DEC 30 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 HIGH PRES ACROSS THE SE U.S. WILL SLIDE E-SE
INTO THE WESTERN ATLC AND SLOWLY WEAKEN THROUGH MON EVENING AS
ANOTHER COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE FAR NW GULF. THE FRONT IS
EXPECTED TO MOVE SE INTO THE TEXAS COASTAL WATERS TUE MORNING
AND EXTEND FROM THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE TO THE LOWER MEXICAN COAST
NEAR 22N98W TUE EVENING. THE FRONT IS THEN EXPECTED TO STALL
ACROSS THE FLORIDA BIG BEND REGION WHILE LOW PRES DEVELOPS ALONG
THE FRONT NEAR 25N94.5W AND TRACKS E-NE ALONG THE FRONT AND INTO
THE TAMPA BAY AREA THU EVENING. 

.TONIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 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 4 FT. 
.TUE NIGHT...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.WED...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.THU...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.FRI...N TO NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...COLD FRONT FROM 26N65W THROUGH THE SE BAHAMAS AND E
CENTRAL CUBA WILL MOVE RAPIDLY E AND REACH FROM 24.5N65W TO E
CUBA NEAR 21N76W LATE TONIGHT...THEN BECOME W TO E ALIGNED ALONG
21N AND GRADUALLY DISSIPATE MON NIGHT THROUGH TUE. LARGE NW
SWELL GENERATED BEHIND THE FRONT WILL IMPACT THE AREA WATERS
THROUGH EARLY WED. SOUTHERLY WINDS INCREASE OVER THE FAR NW
PORTION OF THE AREA TUE INTO WED IN ADVANCE OF ANOTHER COLD
FRONT FORECAST TO MOVE INTO THE AREA N OF 30N ON THU.  

.TONIGHT...NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT S OF 27N...AND NE 15 TO 20 KT N
OF 27N. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.MON...S OF 27N...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. N OF 27N...E WINDS 15 TO
20 KT...BECOMING E TO SE 10 TO 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 5 TO
7 FT. 
.MON NIGHT...S OF 27N...E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. 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...S OF 27N...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. N OF 27N...S WINDS
5 TO 10 KT...INCREASING TO 10 TO 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS
3 TO 5 FT. 
.TUE NIGHT...S OF 27N...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...DIMINISHING TO
5 TO 10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. N OF 27N...SW 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 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.FRI...SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.