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FZNT25 KNHC 061511
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1011 AM EST WED JAN 6 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 E WINDS IN THE NE GULF WILL SHIFT W ACROSS
THE N CENTRAL WATERS TODAY THEN DIMINISH TONIGHT AS SE RETURN
FLOW SETS UP ACROSS THE ENTIRE GULF. A SURFACE TROUGH WILL MOVE
E ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF THU THROUGH FRI NIGHT...WITH A WEAK
SURFACE LOW TRACKING WITH THE TROUGH ALONG 28N. A COLD FRONT IS
EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE NW GULF FRI NIGHT...REACH BILOXI
MISSISSIPPI TO TAMPICO MEXICO SAT MORNING AND FROM TAMPA BAY TO
THE NE YUCATAN BY SUN MORNING...PASSING SE OF THE AREA SUN
NIGHT. 

.TODAY...NE TO E WINDS 25 TO 30 KT...SHIFTING TO NE 20 TO 25 KT
IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. SCATTERED TSTMS. 
.TONIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING E 10 TO 15 KT
EARLY IN THE MORNING. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.THU...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...DIMINISHING TO 5 TO 10 KT LATE
IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT UNTIL LATE AFTERNOON...SUBSIDING
TO 2 FT OR LESS. 
.THU NIGHT...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...SHIFTING TO SE TO S 10 TO
15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. SCATTERED SHOWERS. 
.FRI...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING S TO SW 5 TO 10 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. 
.FRI NIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...SHIFTING TO SE 10 TO
15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. 
.SAT...S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SUN...W TO NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 
.SUN NIGHT...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...A STATIONARY FRONT EXTENDS W ALONG 25N TO 1014 MB
LOW PRES NEAR 25N75W TO ANOTHER 1014 MB LOW NEAR HAVANA CUBA.
THE EASTERN LOW WILL WILL DEEPEN AS IT MOVES NE AND FORCE THE
FRONT TO ITS E N AS A WARM FRONT. GALE FORCE WIND ARE EXPECTED
PRIMARILY N OF THE LOW TONIGHT THROUGH THU BEFORE THE LOW PASSES
N OF THE AREA. THE WESTERN LOW IS EXPECTED TO MOVE NE TO THE
CENTRAL BAHAMAS LATER TODAY THEN INTENSIFY AS IT MOVES NE TOWARD
BERMUDA THROUGH EARLY FRI. A TROUGH 100 NM OFFSHORE OF THE U.S.
COAST N OF 30N WILL FUNNEL STRONG NE WINDS TO ITS W TODAY
THROUGH EARLY THU. A SECOND COLD FRONT WILL MOVE OFF THE N
FLORIDA COAST ON SUN AND STRETCH FROM 31N72W TO S FLORIDA BY SUN
EVENING.

.TODAY...NE TO E WINDS 25 TO 30 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT S OF 27N...AND
7 TO 10 FT N OF 27N. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.TONIGHT...S OF 27N...N TO NE WINDS 25 TO 30 KT...DIMINISHING TO
20 TO 25 KT IN THE LATE EVENING AND EARLY MORNING...THEN...
BECOMING NW TO N 10 TO 15 KT EARLY IN THE MORNING. N OF 27N...NE
TO E WINDS 25 TO 30 KT...SHIFTING TO NE 20 TO 25 KT IN THE LATE
EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT S OF 27N...AND 8 TO 11 FT N
OF 27N. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.THU...S OF 27N...NW TO N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. N OF 27N...N TO NE
WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...DIMINISHING TO 15 TO 20 KT LATE IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT S OF 27N...AND 8 TO 11 FT N OF 27N.
SCATTERED SHOWERS. 
.THU NIGHT...S OF 27N...NW TO N WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT
UNTIL EARLY MORNING...SUBSIDING TO 2 FT OR LESS. N OF 27N...N TO
NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING NE 5 TO 10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT...
SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. 
.FRI...NW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS S OF 27N...AND 5 TO
7 FT N OF 27N. 
.FRI NIGHT...N TO NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...SHIFTING TO E TO SE
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS S OF 27N...AND 5 TO 7 FT N OF
27N. 
.SAT...E TO SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...SHIFTING TO SE 10 TO 15 KT IN
THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS S OF 27N...AND 5 TO 7 FT N OF
27N. 
.SAT NIGHT...S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS S OF 27N...
AND 5 TO 7 FT N OF 27N. 
.SUN...S TO SW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING SW TO W 10 TO 15 KT
IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS S OF 27N...AND 5 TO 7 FT N OF
27N. 
.SUN NIGHT...W TO NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS S OF
27N...AND 4 TO 6 FT N OF 27N.