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FZNT27 KNHC 310333
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1033 PM EST SUN DEC 30 2012

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

.SYNOPSIS...STRONG HIGH PRES ACROSS THE SE U.S. WILL SLIDE E-SE
INTO THE WESTERN ATLC AND SLOWLY WEAKEN THROUGH MON EVENING AS
ANOTHER COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE FAR NW GULF. THE FRONT IS
EXPECTED TO MOVE SE INTO THE TEXAS COASTAL WATERS TUE MORNING
AND EXTEND FROM THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE TO THE LOWER MEXICAN COAST
NEAR 22N98W TUE EVENING. THE FRONT IS THEN EXPECTED TO STALL
ACROSS THE FLORIDA BIG BEND REGION WHILE LOW PRES DEVELOPS ALONG
THE FRONT NEAR 25N94.5W AND TRACKS E-NE ALONG THE FRONT AND INTO
THE TAMPA BAY AREA THU EVENING. 

NORTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO

.TONIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING SE 15 TO 20 KT
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS. 
.MON...SE TO S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS. 
.MON NIGHT...SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...INCREASING TO 15 TO
20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS. 
.TUE...SW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND TSTMS. 
.TUE NIGHT...N TO NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.WED...N TO NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.THU...N TO NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.FRI...NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 

NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO

.TONIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING E 10 TO 15 KT
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.MON...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.MON NIGHT...SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT.
SCATTERED SHOWERS. 
.TUE...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.TUE NIGHT...S TO SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 
.WED...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.THU...N TO NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.FRI...N TO NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.