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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
410 AM EST FRI DEC 21 2012

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

SOUTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO

.SYNOPSIS...STRONG COLD FRONT FROM JUST S OF TAMPA BAY TO THE E
BAY OF CAMPECHE WILL MOVE SE OF AREA LATER TODAY. WINDS TO GALE
FORCE WILL FOLLOW THE FRONT OVER THE FAR WESTERN GULF THIS
MORNING. WINDS AND SEAS WILL DIMINISH SAT AND SUN AS HIGH PRES
BUILDS ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF. MODERATE TO FRESH SE TO S WINDS
WILL RETURN TO THE WESTERN GULF BY MON. THE NEXT COLD FRONT IS
FORECAST TO ENTER THE GULF WATERS LATE TUE. 

...GALE WARNING...

.TODAY...N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT...BUILDING TO 6 TO
9 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. SCATTERED SHOWERS. 
.TONIGHT...N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...BECOMING N TO NE 15 TO 20 KT
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. 
.SAT AND SAT NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.SUN THROUGH TUE...SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...STRONGER COLD FRONT FROM 31N79W TO NE FLORIDA WILL 
EXTEND FROM NEAR 31N70W TO CENTRAL CUBA FRI EVENING AND FROM
26N65W TO EASTERN CUBA SAT EVENING THEN WEAKENS OVER THE SE
PORTION OF THE AREA LATE SUN INTO MON. GALE FORCE WINDS ARE
EXPECTED ON EITHER SIDE OF THE FRONT N OF 30N WILL DECREASE
LATER TODAY.  

...GALE WARNING...

.TODAY...S OF 27N...SW TO W WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING NW
20 TO 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. N OF 27N...W TO NW WINDS 25 TO
30 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT S OF 27N...AND 8 TO 11 FT N OF 27N.
SCATTERED SHOWERS. 
.TONIGHT...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT S OF 27N...AND NW 25 TO 30 KT N
OF 27N. S OF 27N...SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. N OF 27N...SEAS 8 TO 11 FT...
BUILDING TO 8 TO 13 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SCATTERED SHOWERS. 
.SAT AND SAT NIGHT...S OF 27N...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO
6 FT. N OF 27N...NW TO N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT. 
.SUN...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.MON THROUGH TUE...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.