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FZNT25 KNHC 272113
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
413 PM EST WED JAN 27 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 EXTENDING FROM NEAR PANAMA CITY FLORIDA
TO 25N93W TO CENTRAL BAY OF CAMPECHE WILL REACH FROM THE FLORIDA
BIG BEND TO THE EASTERN BAY OF CAMPECHE TONIGHT. A SURFACE
TROUGH EXTENDS ABOUT 150 NM SE OF FRONT...AND WILL REMAIN AHEAD
OF THE FRONT THROUGH THU EVENING BEFORE MERGING ACROSS THE
YUCATAN CHANNEL. A SERIES OF WEAK SURFACE LOWS WILL DEVELOP
ALONG THE TROUGH THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT THAT WILL RACE NE
ACROSS N FLORIDA ON THU...ALLOWING THE FRONT TO MOVE THROUGH THE
FLORIDA STRAITS THU EVENING. MINIMAL GALE FORCE WINDS WILL
PERSIST OVER THE W CENTRAL GULF THIS EVENING AND ACROSS THE FAR
SW GULF THROUGH THU MORNING. HIGH PRES WILL MOVE TO NEAR 24N96W
ON THU NIGHT AS THE FRONT EXITS THE E GULF. THE HIGH WILL THEN
SHIFT NE ACROSS THE N CENTRAL GULF REACHING OVER CENTRAL FLORIDA
ON SAT MORNING. SOUTHERLY RETURN FLOW WILL SET UP ACROSS THE NW
GULF FRI NIGHT WITH MODERATE RETURN ACROSS THE ENTIRE GULF ON
SUN AND PERSIST THROUGH NIGHT. 

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

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...A RIDGE FROM CENTRAL ATLANTIC THROUGH BERMUDA TO
30N75W WILL SHIFT E-SE AHEAD OF A FRONTAL TROUGH JUST OFF THE
FLORIDA COAST. A SURFACE LOW WILL RACE NE ALONG THE TROUGH
TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY THU...WITH A COLD FRONT MOVING SE QUICKLY
BEHIND THE TROUGH...REACHING FROM 31N78W TO CENTRAL FLORIDA THU
NIGHT...FROM 31N69W TO CENTRAL CUBA FRI MORNING...THEN STALLING
AND BEGINNING TO WEAKEN SAT MORNING FROM 25N65W TO E TIP OF CUBA
THROUGH SUN. THE FRONT WILL THEN DISSIPATE SUN INTO MON.

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