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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1000 AM EST SUN JAN 3 2016

...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 TO NEAR-GALE WINDS WILL CONTINUE TODAY IN THE
SW GULF W OF A STATIONARY FRONT EXTENDING FROM S FLORIDA TO
22N92W THEN S TO THE CENTRAL BAY OF CAMPECHE. A REINFORCING
SURGE OF COLD AIR WILL PUSH THE FRONT EVENTUALLY MOVING SE OF
GULF WATERS TONIGHT. NORTHERLY WINDS WILL PREVAIL OVER THE
REGION MON AND MON NIGHT...BECOMING EAST-NORTHEAST TUE THROUGH
WED AS STRONG HIGH PRES N OF THE AREA SHIFTS EASTWARD. MODERATE
TO FRESH S-SE RETURN FLOW IS EXPECTED TO RE-ESTABLISH ITSELF
BASIN-WIDE THU. 

.TODAY...N TO NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS.
.TONIGHT...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...INCREASING TO 20 TO 25 KT IN THE
LATE EVENING AND EARLY MORNING...THEN...DIMINISHING TO 15 TO
20 KT EARLY IN THE MORNING. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.MON...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.MON NIGHT...N TO NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING NE 20 TO 25 KT
EARLY IN THE MORNING. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.TUE...NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.TUE NIGHT...E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. 
.WED...E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...DIMINISHING TO 15 TO 20 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.WED NIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING E TO SE 10 TO
15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.THU...SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING S 5 TO 10 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT IN THE MORNING...SUBSIDING TO 2 FT OR
LESS. 
.THU NIGHT...S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...A STATIONARY FRONT EXTENDS FROM 31N65W TO 30N75W
INTO A 1014 MB LOW NEAR 29N76W...THEN CONTINUES AS A COLD FRONT
TO BISCAYNE BAY. THE LOW WILL MOVE NE ALONG THE FRONT
TODAY...PASSING N OF THE AREA TONIGHT. A NEW 1012 MB LOW FORMS
NEAR 28N78W ALONG FRONT AND DRAGS A COLD FRONT SE THROUGH THE NW
BAHAMAS TO THE FLORIDA STRAITS MON...THEN REACHES FROM 30N65W TO
THE SE BAHAMAS TUE. STRONG TO NEAR GALE SW WINDS WILL PRECEDE
THE FRONT MON AND MON NIGHT WITH FRESH TO STRONG N-NW WINDS
EXPECTED IN WAKE OF THE FRONT MON LATE THROUGH TUE NIGHT. THE
COLD FRONT WILL MOVE E OF THE AREA WED WITH STATIONARY REMNANTS
BECOMING DIFFUSE ALONG 22N/23N WED NIGHT INTO THU.

.TODAY...S OF 27N...SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. N OF 27N...SW TO W
WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...SHIFTING TO NW IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 FT
OR LESS S OF 27N...AND 4 TO 6 FT N OF 27N. SCATTERED SHOWERS. 
.TONIGHT...S OF 27N...SW TO W WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING W
15 TO 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS...BUILDING TO
3 FT EARLY IN THE MORNING. N OF 27N...NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS
4 TO 6 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.MON...NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT S OF 27N...AND 4 TO 6 FT
N OF 27N. SCATTERED SHOWERS. 
.MON NIGHT...N TO NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT S OF 27N...AND N 20 TO
30 KT N OF 27N. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT S OF 27N...AND 6 TO 8 FT N OF 27N.
.TUE...NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT S OF 27N...AND 6 TO
9 FT N OF 27N. 
.TUE NIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT S OF 27N...
AND 6 TO 9 FT N OF 27N. 
.WED...E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...DIMINISHING TO 15 TO 20 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT S OF 27N...AND 6 TO 9 FT N OF 27N. 
.WED NIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...BECOMING E 15 TO 20 KT
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT S OF 27N...AND 7 TO 10 FT N OF
27N. 
.THU...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS S OF 27N...AND 6 TO 9 FT N OF 27N. 
.THU NIGHT...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...SHIFTING TO SE AFTER MIDNIGHT.
SEAS 2 FT OR LESS S OF 27N...AND 5 TO 7 FT N OF 27N.