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FZNT25 KNHC 010317
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1017 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 SLOWLY 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 NEAR 25N93W TO THE CENTRAL BAY OF
CAMPECHE THROUGH THU...AND MOVE INTO FAR SE PORTIONS LATE FRI
THROUGH SAT. 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...E TO SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. 
.WED NIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. 
.THU...SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.FRI...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SAT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...COLD FRONT FROM 20.5N65W TO THE NE TIP OF CUBA AND
ACROSS THE FAR N WINDWARD PASSAGE WILL SINK SLIGHTLY S AND LIE
ALONG 20N 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...S OF 27N...E TO SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. N OF 27N...SW TO W
WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING SW 5 TO 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON.
SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS. 
.WED NIGHT...S OF 27N...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...DIMINISHING
TO 5 TO 10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. N OF 27N...SW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT.
SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.THU...SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.FRI...N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.SAT...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.