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FZNT25 KNHC 040301
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1001 PM 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...A DEVELOPING COLD FRONT FROM 25N80W TO 23N87W TO
19N91W WILL MOVE SE THROUGH THE SE GULF WATERS EARLY MON. FRESH
NORTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO STRONG ACROSS THE FAR NE GULF
ON MON AFTERNOON WITH THESE CONDITIONS SPREADING S ACROSS THE
ENTIRE NE WATERS BY THU NIGHT. THE GRADIENT WILL RELAX ON WED
NIGHT AS SOUTHERLY RETURN FLOW DEVELOPS ACROSS THE WESTERN GULF
AHEAD OF ANOTHER COLD FRONT PASSING E ACROSS THE NW GULF ON
THU...ACROSS THE N CENTRAL GULF ON THU NIGHT AND THROUGH THE NE
ON FRI. 

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

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...A NEARLY STATIONARY FRONT EXTENDS FROM 31N71W TO THE
BAHAMA CHANNEL. A SURFACE LOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG THE
FRONT NEAR THE NW BAHAMAS LATE TONIGHT AND RACE NE DRAGGING A
COLD FRONT E TO A POSITION FROM BERMUDA TO THE CENTRAL BAHAMAS
ON MON NIGHT. THE FRONT WILL STALL FROM 24N65W TO HISPANIOLA ON
TUE NIGHT. ANOTHER LOW PRESSURE MAY DEVELOP ALONG THE REMNANTS
OF THE FRONT OVER THE CENTRAL BAHAMAS ON WED NIGHT AND THU AND
LIFT NE TOWARDS BERMUDA ON THU NIGHT AS A COLD FRONT DEVELOPS TO
THE S OF THE LOW.

.TONIGHT...S OF 27N...SW TO W WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING W
15 TO 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. N OF 27N...NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS
3 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.MON...NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.MON NIGHT...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT S OF 27N...AND N 20 TO 25 KT N
OF 27N. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.TUE...NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.TUE NIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.WED...E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.WED NIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...DIMINISHING TO 10 TO
15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.THU...N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...DIMINISHING TO 5 TO 10 KT IN
THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT IN NE SWELL. 
.THU NIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...SHIFTING TO SE TO S
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT IN NE SWELL. 
.FRI...SW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT IN NE SWELL. 
.FRI NIGHT...SW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.