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FZNT27 KNHC 161525
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1025 AM EST SUN DEC 16 2012

...PLEASE REFER TO COASTAL WATERS FORECASTS (CWF) AVAILABLE
THROUGH NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER MEANS FOR DETAILED
COASTAL WATERS FORECASTS...

.SYNOPSIS...WEAK HIGH PRES OVER THE EASTERN GULF WILL MOVE E OF
THE AREA THROUGH MON ALLOWING FOR A COLD FRONT TO MOVE OFF THE
TEXAS COAST LATE TONIGHT INTO MON. THE COLD FRONT WILL QUICKLY
REACH FROM NEAR SE LOUISIANA TO THE SW GULF OF MEXICO DURING MON
MORNING...THEN WEAKEN AS IT REACHES FROM NEAR TAMPA SW TO 25N88W
TO EASTERN BAY OF CAMPECHE EARLY TUE...AND EXITS THE SE GULF
LATE TUE. BEHIND IT...WEAK HIGH PRES WILL QUICKLY MOVE E ACROSS
THE FAR NORTHERN WATERS TUE AND WED WITH SOUTHERLY FLOW
DEVELOPING ACROSS THE WESTERN PORTION. A STRONGER COLD FRONT IS
EXPECTED TO RAPIDLY MOVE OFFSHORE THE TEXAS COAST EARLY ON THU
FOLLOWED BY STRONG OFFSHORE FLOW AND BUILDING SEAS. 

NORTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO

.TODAY...S TO SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 
.TONIGHT...SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 
.MON...NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND TSTMS. 
.MON NIGHT...NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING NW TO N 5 TO 10 KT
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 
.TUE...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.WED...S WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.THU...N WINDS 25 TO 30 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. 

NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO

.TODAY...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.TONIGHT...S TO SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND TSTMS BETWEEN 87W AND 90W. ISOLATED SHOWERS E OF 87W. 
.MON...S TO SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING SW TO W 15 TO 20 KT
IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS
BETWEEN 87W AND 90W. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND TSTMS E OF 87W.
.MON NIGHT...W TO NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. ISOLATED
SHOWERS.
.TUE...N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.WED...SE TO S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.THU...NW WINDS 25 TO 30 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT.