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FZNT25 KNHC 010803
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
303 AM EST MON FEB 1 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...SOUTHERLY RETURN FLOW WILL DOMINATE THE GULF TODAY
AND TONIGHT. A COLD FRONT MOVING OFF THE TEXAS COAST TUE WILL
REACH FROM S CENTRAL LOUISIANA TO TAMPICO MEXICO BY TUE
NIGHT...FROM APALACHICOLA FLORIDA TO THE SW GULF NEAR 18N94W WED
NIGHT AND FROM TAMPA BAY TO THE NE YUCATAN PENINSULA THU NIGHT
BEFORE SHIFTING SE OF THE AREA FRI. NEAR GALE TO GALE WINDS ARE
EXPECTED W OF THE FRONT IN THE SW GULF THU.  

.TODAY...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.
.TONIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...INCREASING TO 10 TO 15 KT
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. 
.TUE...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 
.TUE NIGHT...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.WED...SE TO S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.WED NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.THU...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING E 15 TO 20 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.THU NIGHT...N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. 
.FRI...N TO NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT IN N SWELL. 
.FRI NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. 

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...A STATIONARY FRONT E OF THE BAHAMAS ALONG 24N WILL
DISSIPATE THROUGH TONIGHT. A RIDGE FROM BERMUDA TO CENTRAL
FLORIDA WILL WEAKEN THROUGH TUE AS IT GRADUALLY BECOMES ALIGNED
ALONG 72W THEN REBUILD AS IT SHIFTS FROM BERMUDA TO S FLORIDA
THROUGH THU BEFORE WEAKENING AGAIN. SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL
INCREASE E OF FLORIDA LATE TUE THROUGH WED NIGHT AHEAD OF A COLD
FRONT EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO NW WATERS LATE THU...STRETCH FROM
31N77W TO MIAMI FLORIDA FRI MORNING AND FROM 31N72W THROUGH THE
CENTRAL BAHAMAS TO CUBA NEAR 22N79W BY FRI NIGHT. AN INVERTED
TROUGH WILL MOVE NE ACROSS SE WATERS FRI.

.TODAY...S OF 27N...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...DIMINISHING TO 5 TO
10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. N OF 27N...S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO
4 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS. 
.TONIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N...AND E TO SE 5 TO 10 KT
N OF 27N. SEAS 3 FT. 
.TUE...S OF 27N...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. N OF 27N...E WINDS 5 TO
10 KT...SHIFTING TO E TO SE 10 TO 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS
3 TO 4 FT. 
.TUE NIGHT...S OF 27N...E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. N OF 27N...E
TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING SE 15 TO 20 KT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.WED...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.WED NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.THU...SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.THU NIGHT...SE TO S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...INCREASING TO 10 TO
15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.FRI...NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING NW TO N 20 TO 25 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.FRI NIGHT...N TO NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...BECOMING NE 15 TO 20 KT
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT.