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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
424 PM 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...HIGH PRES CENTERED BETWEEN BERMUDA AND THE SE U.S.
COAST WILL SHIFT E-SE AND WEAKEN THROUGH WED. A COLD FRONT WILL
MOVE OFF THE TEXAS COAST TUE MORNING AND REACH FROM PENSACOLA
FLORIDA TO TAMPICO MEXICO BY TUE EVENING...THEN STALL FROM THE
FLORIDA BIG BEND TO THE EASTERN BAY OF CAMPECHE THU...THEN MOVE
E OF THE AREA FRI. HIGH PRES WILL BUILD BEHIND THE FRONT. 

.TONIGHT...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 3 TO 5 FT. 
.TUE NIGHT...SE TO S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.WED...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. 
.WED NIGHT...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. 
.THU...S TO SW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.FRI...N TO NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SAT...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...COLD FRONT FROM 21N65W TO THE NE TIP OF CUBA AND
ACROSS THE FAR N WINDWARD PASSAGE WILL SINK SLIGHTLY AND LIE
ALONG 20N THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT BEFORE DISSIPATING TUE. LARGE
LONG PERIOD NW SWELL CONTINUES BEHIND THE FRONT AND WILL
GRADUALLY SUBSIDE W TO E LATE TUE INTO WED. HIGH PRES BUILDING
BEHIND THE FRONT WILL MOVE E-SE THROUGH TUE AND WEAKEN. ANOTHER
COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE NW PORTION OF THE AREA THU AND
EXTEND FROM BERMUDA TO NW BAHAMAS AND TO THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA
BY LATE FRI.  

.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. 
.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...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT S OF 27N...AND SW 10 TO 15 KT N
OF 27N. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.WED...E TO SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT S OF 27N...AND SW 10 TO 15 KT N
OF 27N. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS. 
.WED NIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N...AND S TO SW
5 TO 10 KT N OF 27N. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.THU...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.FRI...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SAT...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.