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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
441 AM EST MON DEC 31 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 ESE
INTO THE WESTERN ATLC AND SLOWLY WEAKEN THROUGH MON EVENING AS
ANOTHER COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE FAR NW GULF. THE FRONT IS
EXPECTED TO ENTER THE TEXAS COASTAL WATERS TUE MORNING...AND
EXTEND FROM NEAR PENSACOLA FLORIDA SW TO NEAR TAMPICO MEXICO BY
EARLY TUE EVENING. THE FRONT IS THEN EXPECTED TO STALL ACROSS
THE FLORIDA BIG BEND REGION WHILE LOW PRES DEVELOPS ALONG IT
NEAR 25N95W. THE LOW IS EXPECTED TO TRACK ENE ALONG THE FRONT
AND TOWARDS W CENTRAL FLORIDA BY LATE THU WITH ANOTHER LOW
POSSIBLY FORMING ALONG THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE TROUGH. HIGH
PRES WILL BUILD S BEHIND THE FRONT AND LOW WED THROUGH LEADING
TO A TIGHTENING OF THE PRES GRADIENT WITH INCREASING WINDS AND
BUILDING SEAS. 

.TODAY...E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. ISOLATED SHOWERS.
.TONIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15
KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. ISOLATED SHOWERS.
.TUE...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. ISOLATED SHOWERS. 
.TUE NIGHT...SE TO S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. ISOLATED SHOWERS. 
.WED...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. 
.THU...S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 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...A COLD FRONT EXTENDING FROM 26N65W SW TO THE SE
BAHAMAS  AND TO EASTERN CUBA WILL BEGIN TO WEAKEN AS IT REACHES
THE FAR SE WATERS EARLY THIS EVENING. THE FRONT WILL THEN BECOME
ORIENTED W TO E NEAR 21N LATER TONIGHT AND THROUGH WED WHILE
SLOWLY DISSIPATING. LARGE NW SWELLS BEHIND THE FRONT WILL
CONTINUE TO IMPACT THE FORECAST WATERS THROUGH EARLY WED EXCEPT
FOR THE SE PORTION WHERE THEY WILL LINGER INTO THU BUT GRADUALLY
SUBSIDE. HIGH PRES OVER THE AREA IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT WILL
SLIDE ESE THROUGH TUE AND WEAKEN...AND TO E OF THE AREA BY EARLY
TUE EVENING. THIS WILL ALLOW FOR SOUTHERLY WINDS TO DEVELOP OVER
THE FAR NW PORTION TUE INTO WED IN ADVANCE OF ANOTHER COLD FRONT
EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE FAR NW WATERS EARLY THU...AND QUICKLY
EXTEND FROM NEAR BERMUDA TO NW BAHAMAS AND TO THE STRAITS OF
FLORIDA BY LATE FRI.  

.TODAY...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT S OF 27N...AND E TO SE 10 TO 15 KT
N OF 27N. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. ISOLATED SHOWERS.
.TONIGHT...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. ISOLATED SHOWERS. 
.TUE...S OF 27N...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. ISOLATED SHOWERS. 
.TUE NIGHT...S OF 27N...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...DIMINISHING TO
5 TO 10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. N OF 27N...S TO SW WINDS 15 TO
20 KT...BECOMING SW 10 TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.
ISOLATED SHOWERS. 
.WED...SE TO S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.THU...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.FRI...NW TO N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.