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FZNT27 KNHC 250905
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
405 AM EST TUE DEC 25 2012

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

.SYNOPSIS...RIDGE FROM THE ATLC DOMINATES THE AREA. A STRONG
COLD FRONT WILL MOVE RAPIDLY THROUGH NW GULF LATER TODAY AND
EXTEND FROM THE SE LOUISIANA TO WESTERN BAY OF CAPECHE THIS
EVENING AND FROM S FLORIDA TO THE YUCATAN PENINSULA WED EVENING
AND DISSIPATE ACROSS STRAITS OF FLORIDA AND SE GULF THU. ANOTHER
COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE NW GULF FRI NIGHT AND MOVE RAPIDLY
AND EXTEND FROM THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE TO THE BAY OF CAMPECHE SAT
AFTERNOON.  

NORTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO

.TODAY...S TO SW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT...BUILDING TO
6 TO 9 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 
.TONIGHT...NW WINDS 25 TO 30 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 
.WED...NW TO N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KT
IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT...SUBSIDING TO 5 TO 7 FT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SCATTERED SHOWERS. 
.WED NIGHT...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING NE TO E 5 TO 10 KT
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS. 
.THU THROUGH FRI...SE TO S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SAT...N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 

NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO

.TODAY...S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...INCREASING TO 20 TO 25 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT...BUILDING TO 5 TO 7 FT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 
.TONIGHT...S WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...BECOMING SW 25 TO 30 KT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 
.WED...W TO NW WINDS 25 TO 30 KT...BECOMING NW 20 TO 25 KT IN
THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS. 
.WED NIGHT...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT.
.THU...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.FRI THROUGH SAT...W TO NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.