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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
859 AM EST MON JAN 4 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 COLD FRONT ACROSS THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA WILL MOVE
SE OF THE AREA LATER TODAY. NORTHERLY WINDS WILL PREVAIL ACROSS
THE REGION TODAY AND TONIGHT...THEN VEER GRADUALLY AND BECOME
EASTERLY TUE THROUGH WED AS STRONG HIGH PRES SHIFTS EASTWARD N
OF THE AREA. A WEAK SURFACE TROUGH EMERGING OFF THE TEXAS AND
LOUISIANA COASTS EARLY THU WILL SLIDE EASTWARD ACROSS NORTHERN
WATERS THROUGH FRI. 

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

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT EXTENDS FROM 1007 MB LOW
PRES NEAR 31N72W THROUGH THE CENTRAL BAHAMAS TO THE STRAITS OF
FLORIDA. REINFORCING COLD AIR WILL MOVE INTO NW WATERS TONIGHT
AND PUSH THE FRONT SOUTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE BAHAMAS THROUGH
TUE... BECOMING NEARLY STATIONARY AS A SHEAR LINE WED FROM E OF
TURKS AND CAICOS TO EASTERN CUBA. STRONG HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING
OVER THE EASTERN U.S. WILL SUPPORT FRESH TO STRONG NE WINDS AND
BUILDING SEAS N OF THE FRONT TONIGHT THROUGH WED. LOW PRES IS
EXPECTED TO DEVELOP WED AND WED NIGHT IN THE BAHAMAS...LIFT NE
AND DEEPEN THU AND THU NIGHT...AND PASS NE OF THE AREA FRI.

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