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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
 430 AM EST FRI JAN 27 2012

...PLEASE REFER TO THE COASTAL MARINE FORECASTS (CWF) AVAILABLE
THROUGH NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER MEANS FOR A MORE DETAILED
FORECAST WITHIN 60 NAUTICAL MILES OF THE COASTLINE...


SYNOPSIS FOR THE SW N ATLC INCLUDING THE BAHAMAS
.SYNOPSIS...A 1024 MB HIGH CENTER JUST N OF THE AREA AT 32N66W
WILL SHIFT E THROUGH TONIGHT AS A COLD FRONT MOVES OFF THE NE
FLORIDA COAST. THE FRONT WILL REACH FROM 31N79W TO CENTRAL
FLORIDA EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...FROM 31N75W TO S FLORIDA EARLY
TONIGHT...THEN WEAKEN AS IT STALLS FROM 31N73W TO S FLORIDA
AND NEAR THE KEYS SAT AND SAT NIGHT. A REINFORCING COLD FRONT
WILL MOVE INTO THE NW PORTION LATE SAT NIGHT. THE FRONT WILL
EXTEND FROM 31N70W TO THE NW BAHAMAS WHERE IT BECOMES
STATIONARY TO WESTERN CUBA BY LATE SUN EVENING...AND FROM
30N65W TO 26N71W THEN STATIONARY TO WESTERN CUBA MON. THE
STATIONARY PART OF THE FRONT WILL GRADUALLY DISSIPATE THROUGH
TUE AS STRONG HIGH PRES BUILDS E ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA.

SW N ATLANTIC S OF 31N W OF 65W INCLUDING BAHAMAS
.TODAY AND TONIGHT...N OF 27N W OF 70W S TO SW WINDS 20 TO 25
KT ...EXCEPT BEHIND FRONT SHIFTING TO W TO NW AND DIMINISHING
TO 10 TO 15 KT TONIGHT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT...SUBSIDING TO 3 TO 5
FT BEHIND FRONT TONIGHT. N OF 27N E OF 70W S TO SW WINDS 15 TO
20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. S OF 27N E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT.
SEAS 5 TO 8 FT... EXCEPT W OF BAHAMAS 4 TO 6 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS NEAR FRONT.
.SAT AND SAT NIGHT...N OF 26N S TO SW WINDS 10 TO 15
KT...EXCEPT BEHIND FRONT NW TO N 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6
FT...EXCEPT BEHIND FRONT 2 TO 4 FT. FROM 26N TO 28N E OF FRONT
SE TO S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT IN NE SWELL. S OF 26N
E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT ...EXCEPT S OF 23N E OF 75W 15 TO 20 KT
AND SE TO S 5 TO 10 KT W OF 75W. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT...EXCEPT S OF
23N E OF 75W 6 TO 8 FT AND 2 TO 3 FT W OF BAHAMAS. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS ALONG FRONT.
.SUN...N OF 25N S TO SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...EXCEPT BEHIND FRONT
NW TO N 10 TO 15 KT INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT LATE. SEAS 2 TO 3
FT...BUILDING TO 5 TO 7 FT LATE. S OF 25N BEHIND FRONT N TO NE
WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. S OF 25N E OF FRONT E TO SE
WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...EXCEPT S OF 22N E OF BAHAMAS 15 TO 20 KT.
SEAS 4 TO 6 FT...EXCEPT S OF 22N E OF BAHAMAS 5 TO 8 FT IN E
SWELL AND 2 TO 3 FT W OF BAHAMAS. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
ISOLATED TSTMS ALONG FRONT.
.MON...N OF 26N S TO SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...EXCEPT BEHIND FRONT
N 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT...EXCEPT BEHIND FRONT 6 TO 8 FT. S OF
26N BEHIND FRONT N TO NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. S
OF 26N E OF STATIONARY FRONT E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...EXCEPT S OF
22N E OF 71W 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT...EXCEPT S OF 22N E
OF 71W 5 TO 8 FT IN E SWELL.
.TUE...N OF 28N W OF 70W WINDS BECOMING NE TO E 10 TO 15 KT...
EXCEPT W OF 75W E TO SE. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT BETWEEN 70W AND
75W...AND 3 TO 5 FT W OF 75W. ELSEWHERE NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20
KT...EXCEPT S OF 22N 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 8 FT...EXCEPT W OF
BAHAMAS 4 TO 6 FT.


SYNOPSIS FOR THE GULF OF MEXICO
.SYNOPSIS...A COLD FRONT EXTENDING FROM APALACHICOLA FLORIDA SW
TO THE NW YUCATAN PENINSULA WILL REACH FROM FORT MYERS FLORIDA
TO NE YUCATAN PENINSULA BY EARLY THIS EVENING...THEN STALL AND
WEAKEN FROM FLORIDA KEYS TO ACROSS THE YUCATAN CHANNEL TO
NE YUCATAN PENINSULA SAT AND SAT NIGHT. STRONG HIGH PRES
BUILDING N OF THE AREA ACROSS THE SOUTHEASTERN U.S. THIS
WEEKEND WILL THEN PUSH THE WEAKENING FRONT A LITTLE S TO
VICINITY W CUBA AND YUCATAN CHANNEL SUN. THE HIGH WILL BRING
FRESH TO STRONG NE WINDS TO THE EASTERN GULF SUN AND MON. SLY
RETURN FLOW WILL THEN SET UP OVER THE NW GULF LATE MON INTO
TUE.

MIDDLE GULF BETWEEN 85W AND 90W
.TODAY...S TO SW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...EXCEPT BEHIND FRONT
FRONT NW 20 TO 25 KT DIMINISHING TO N TO NE 10 TO 15 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT...SUBSIDING TO 3 TO 5 FT IN THE
AFTERNOON. WINDS AND SEAS HIGHER IN AND NEAR SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND TSTMS ALONG AND SE OF FRONT.
.TONIGHT...N TO NE WINDS 10 KT...EXCEPT S TO SW 10 TO 15 KT
FAR SE PART. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT IN NW SWELL. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
ISOLATED TSTMS FAR SE PART.
.SAT AND SAT NIGHT...N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...EXCEPT N OF
27N INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT SAT NIGHT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
.SUN...N TO NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...INCREASING TO 20 TO 25 KT
LATE. SEAS BUILDING TO 5 TO 7 FT...AND TO 7 TO 9 FT S OF 26N
LATE.
.MON...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT N OF 27N...AND
6 TO 9 FT IN NE SWELL S OF 27N.
.TUE...E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT N OF 27N...AND
5 TO 8 FT S OF 27N.

E GULF BETWEEN 81W AND 85W
.TODAY...S TO SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...EXCEPT BEHIND FRONT NW TO
N 15 TO 20 KT DIMINISHING TO N 10 TO 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON...
SEAS 3 TO 5 FT...EXCEPT BEHIND FRONT 5 TO 6 FT SUBSIDING TO
3 TO 5 FT LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. WINDS AND SEAS HIGHER IN AND
NEAR NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND TSTMS ALONG AND WITHIN 150 NM SE OF
FRONT.
.TONIGHT...N TO NE WINDS 10 KT...EXCEPT SE OF FRONT S 10 KT.
SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS ALONG AND
E OF FRONT.
.SAT AND SAT NIGHT...N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...EXCEPT N OF
27N INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT LATE SAT NIGHT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT.
.SUN...N TO NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT INCREASING TO 20 TO 25 KT
LATE. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT...EXCEPT S OF 27N BUILDING TO 6 TO 9 FT
LATE. .MON...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...EXCEPT S OF 25N 20 TO
25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT N OF 27N...AND 6 TO 8 FT S OF 27N.
.TUE...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...EXCEPT S OF 24N 20 TO 25 KT.
SEAS 3 TO 5 FT N OF 27N...AND 6 TO 8 FT S OF 27N.


SYNOPSIS FOR CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLC FROM 07N TO 22N
BETWEEN 55W AND 65W
.SYNOPSIS...HIGH PRES NE OF THE AREA WILL SHIFT E THROUGH SUN
ALLOWING FOR A COLD FRONT TO REACH FROM NW CUBA TO NE YUCATAN
PENINSULA EARLY THIS EVENING. THE FRONT WILL STALL AND WEAKEN
IN THAT LOCATION THROUGH SUN AS A SURGE OF HIGH PRES BUILDS S
FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO TO THE YUCATAN CHANNEL.

NW CARIBBEAN N OF 15N W OF 75W
.TODAY AND TONIGHT...S OF 17N E OF 81W NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20
KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT IN E SWELL. ELSEWHERE E TO SE WINDS 10 TO
15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT IN SE SWELL. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS
NEAR FRONT LATE.
.SAT AND SAT NIGHT...S OF 17N E OF 81W E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT.
SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. ELSEWHERE S OF 20N E OF 85W E WINDS 10 TO 15
KT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT. REMAINDER OF AREA E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS
3 TO 5 FT IN SE SWELL. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS ALONG AND
SE OF FRONT.
.SUN... NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...EXCEPT S OF 17N E OF 80W NE
TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT AND N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT BEHIND
FRONT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT...EXCEPT S OF 17N E OF 80W 7 TO 10 FT.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS ALONG FRONT.
.MON...S OF 17N E OF 83W NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 7 TO
10 FT IN SE SWELL. ELSEWHERE NE TO E WINDS 1O TO 15
KT...EXCEPT NE WINDS TO 20 KT IN YUCATAN CHANNEL. SEAS 4 TO 7
FT...EXCEPT 7 TO 9 FT IN YUCATAN CHANNEL.
.TUE...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 7 TO 9 FT IN E SWELL S
OF 17N E OF 80W...AND 5 TO 7 FT ELSEWHERE...HIGHEST NEAR THE
YUCATAN CHANNEL AND WINDWARD PASSAGE.


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