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FZNT27 KNHC 240859
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
359 AM EST MON DEC 24 2012

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

.SYNOPSIS...COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE NORTHERN GULF TODAY
THEN STALL AND MOVE N. A STRONGER COLD FRONT WILL ENTER THE NW
GULF LATE TUE. THE FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM SE LOUISIANA TO
WESTERN BAY OF CAMPECHE TUE EVENING AND FROM SW FLORIDA TO THE
YUCATAN PENINSULA WED EVENING THEN STALL AND DISSIPATE ACROSS
THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA AND THE SE GULF BY THU. 

NORTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO

.TODAY...SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND TSTMS. 
.TONIGHT...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 
.TUE...S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING S TO SW 20 TO 25 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 
.TUE NIGHT...W TO NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...BECOMING NW 25 TO
30 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT...BUILDING TO 7 TO 10 FT
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 
.WED...N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.THU THROUGH FRI...SE TO S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 

NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO

.TODAY...S TO SW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS. 
.TONIGHT...S TO SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 
.TUE AND TUE NIGHT...SW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 
.WED...NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.THU THROUGH FRI...E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.