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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
408 PM EST MON JAN 18 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...HIGH PRES WILL PREVAIL OVER THE GULF WATERS THROUGH
MIDWEEK WITH SOUTHERLY RETURN FLOW DEVELOPING OVER THE WESTERN
WATERS. HIGH PRES WILL RETREAT EASTWARD MIDWEEK ENABLING A COLD
FRONT TO MOVE INTO NW WATERS THU AFTERNOON. THE COLD FRONT WILL
RAPIDLY SHIFT EASTWARD...EXTENDING FROM THE FLORIDA BIG BEND
THROUGH 27N85W TO THE SW GULF FRI MORNING THEN MOVING E OF THE
AREA FRI NIGHT. NEW HIGH PRES WILL SHIFT SE FROM THE NW GULF TO
THE CENTRAL GULF SAT THROUGH SAT NIGHT. 

.TONIGHT...N TO NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.TUE...NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...BECOMING NE TO E 15 TO 20 KT
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.WED...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.WED NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.THU...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 
.THU NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...SHIFTING TO S AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 
.FRI...SW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...SHIFTING TO W 20 TO 30 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.FRI NIGHT...NW WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT IN W TO NW
SWELL. 
.SAT...NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...DIMINISHING TO 15 TO 20 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT IN NW SWELL. 
.SAT NIGHT...NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING NW TO N 10 KT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...A COLD FRONT EXTENDS FROM 28N65W THROUGH THE
SOUTHERN BAHAMAS TO CENTRAL CUBA. A SECONDARY COLD FRONT LIES
JUST NW OF THE AREA. THE SECOND FRONT WILL REINFORCE THE FIRST
FRONT...PUSHING IT FROM 25N65W TO EASTERN CUBA TUE MORNING AND
FROM 23N65W TO NW HAITI WED MORNING BEFORE MOVING SE OF THE AREA
THU. HIGH PRES WILL SHIFT SE ACROSS THE AREA WED NIGHT THROUGH
FRI MORNING AHEAD OF ANOTHER COLD FRONT EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO W
WATERS LATE FRI AND STRETCH FROM 31N72W TO 24N74W TO CENTRAL
CUBA SAT MORNING.

.TONIGHT...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT S OF 27N...AND NW TO N 20 TO 25 KT
N OF 27N. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT IN N SWELL. 
.TUE...S OF 27N...N TO NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...INCREASING TO
20 TO 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. N OF 27N...NW TO N WINDS 20 TO
25 KT...DIMINISHING TO 15 TO 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 5 TO
7 FT IN N SWELL. 
.TUE NIGHT...S OF 27N...N TO NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...BECOMING NE
15 TO 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. N OF 27N...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...
BECOMING N TO NE 10 TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.WED...S OF 27N...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...DIMINISHING TO 10 TO
15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. N OF 27N...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...
DIMINISHING TO 5 TO 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.WED NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.THU...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 
.THU NIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.FRI...SE TO S WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...SHIFTING TO S TO SW IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.FRI NIGHT...SW TO W WINDS 25 TO 30 KT...SHIFTING TO W 20 TO
30 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT IN W SWELL. 
.SAT...W TO NW WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT IN W TO NW
SWELL. 
.SAT NIGHT...NW WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT IN NW SWELL.