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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
940 AM EST WED FEB 3 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 EXTENDS FROM PENSACOLA FLORIDA SW TO
26N93W TO A 1008 MB LOW NEAR 21N95W. THE FRONT WILL BE
REINFORCED THIS AFTERNOON BY A STRONGER COLD FRONT. IT WILL
STRETCH FROM APALACHICOLA FLORIDA TO THE CENTRAL BAY OF CAMPECHE
TONIGHT AND FROM SW FLORIDA TO THE NE YUCATAN PENINSULA THU
NIGHT BEFORE MOVING SE OF THE AREA EARLY FRI. GALE FORCE WINDS
ARE EXPECTED W OF THE FRONT IN THE SW GULF ON THU AND EARLY THU
EVENING. TROUGHING WILL INCREASE OVER THE EASTERN GULF SAT AS
LOW PRES DEVELOPS E OF FLORIDA. HIGH PRES WILL BUILD OVER THE NW
GULF SUN. 

.TODAY...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.TONIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS. 
.THU...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING S 20 TO 25 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS. 
.THU NIGHT...N WINDS 25 TO 30 KT...SHIFTING TO N TO NE 20 TO
25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS. 
.FRI...NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT IN N SWELL. 
.FRI NIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT IN N SWELL.
.SAT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...NW TO N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.SUN...NW TO N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...BECOMING N 15 TO 20 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.SUN NIGHT...NW TO N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...DIMINISHING TO 10 TO
15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 5 TO 8 FT.

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...A FRESH SOUTHERLY BREEZE WILL LINGER E OF FLORIDA
THROUGH TONIGHT AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO NW
WATERS THU EVENING. THE FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM NEAR 31N75W TO
THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA FRI MORNING...AND FROM 31N65W TO THE
STRAITS OF FLORIDA SAT MORNING BEFORE RAPIDLY LIFTING N AS A
WARM FRONT THROUGH SAT NIGHT. LOW PRES WILL DEVELOP N OF THE
BAHAMAS SAT NIGHT AND SEND A NEW COLD FRONT EASTWARD FROM 31N75W
TO CENTRAL CUBA SUN MORNING THEN TO 31N69W TO EASTERN CUBA SUN
NIGHT...WITH GALE FORCE WINDS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE NORTHERN
WATERS BY SUN NIGHT. AN INVERTED TROUGH NEAR 60W WILL SHIFT E TO
55W TONIGHT...THEN RETREAT NW PASSING 65W FRI AND WEAKENING AS
IT MERGES WITH THE COLD FRONT SAT.

.TODAY...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.TONIGHT...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.THU...S OF 27N...E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING SE 10 TO
15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. N OF 27N...SE TO S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT.
SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.THU NIGHT...S OF 27N...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...DIMINISHING
TO 5 TO 10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. N OF 27N...S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...
BECOMING SW 20 TO 25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED 
TSTMS N OF 27N.
.FRI...N TO NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.FRI NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...BECOMING NE TO E 15 TO 20 KT
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. 
.SAT...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING E 10 TO 15 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...SHIFTING TO S TO SW
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.
.SUN...W TO NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. 
.SUN NIGHT...NW WINDS 25 TO 30 KT...DIMINISHING TO 20 TO 25 KT
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT.