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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1044 AM EST TUE DEC 18 2012

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

.SYNOPSIS...A COLD FRONT FROM NE FLORIDA TO 25N92W TO INLAND
MEXICO JUST S OF TAMPICO WILL QUICKLY EXIT THE SE GULF EARLY
TONIGHT. WEAK HIGH PRES IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT WILL MOVE E
ACROSS THE GULF THROUGH TONIGHT...AND TO THE NW ATLC BY WED
AFTERNOON. THIS WILL ALLOW FOR RETURN FLOW TO SET UP ACROSS MUCH
OF THE AREA IN ADVANCE OF A MUCH STRONGER COLD FRONT CURRENTLY
WELL W OF THE AREA. THIS NEXT COLD FRONT IS FORECAST TO REACH
THE TEXAS COAST EARLY THU MORNING...THEN RAPIDLY MOVE ACROSS THE
GULF TO A POSITION FROM NEAR PENSACOLA FLORIDA TO 25N92W TO
VERACRUZ BY EARLY THU AFTERNOON...FROM NEAR THE FLORIDA KEYS TO
NW YUCATAN PENINSULA EARLY FRI MORNING...AND TO SE OF THE GULF
LATER DURING FRI MORNING. STRONG HIGH PRES WILL BUILD ACROSS THE
AREA BEHIND THE FRONT BRINGING STRONG TO GALE FORCE N WINDS OVER
MUCH OF THE WESTERN GULF ALONG WITH LARGE SEAS. 

NORTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO

...GALE CONDITIONS EXPECTED S OF 28N W OF 95W THU...

.THIS AFTERNOON...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.TONIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING SE TO S 15 TO 20 KT
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.WED...SE TO S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.WED NIGHT...S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.
.THU...NW TO N WINDS 25 TO 30 KT...EXCEPT S OF 28N W OF 95W 30 TO
35 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT...EXCEPT S OF 28N W OF 95W 9 TO 12 FT.
.FRI...NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.SAT...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 

NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO

.THIS AFTERNOON...N WINDS 5 TO 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 
TO 4 FT.
.TONIGHT...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.WED...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.WED NIGHT...SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.THU...W WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.FRI...N TO NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.SAT...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.