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FZNT25 KNHC 041544
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1044 AM EST THU FEB 4 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 APALACHEE BAY TO 25N89W
AND TO A 1014 MB LOW AT 21N93W THEN STATIONARY SE TO 19N92W. THE
FRONT WILL STRETCH FROM SW FLORIDA TO THE NE YUCATAN PENINSULA
TONIGHT BEFORE MOVING SE OF THE AREA EARLY FRI. GALE FORCE WINDS
ARE EXPECTED W OF THE FRONT IN THE SW GULF TODAY AND WILL SHIFT
TOWARD THE WESTERN YUCATAN THIS EVENING BEFORE DIMINISHING.
TROUGHING WILL INCREASE OVER THE EASTERN GULF SAT AS LOW PRES
DEVELOPS E OF FLORIDA. HIGH PRES WILL MOVE INTO THE W GULF SUN.
A NEW COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE N CENTRAL AND NE GULF MON
NIGHT. 

.TODAY...SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING SW TO W 15 TO 20 KT
IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
TSTMS.
.TONIGHT...N WINDS 25 TO 30 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS.
.FRI...N TO NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT.
.FRI NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT.
.SAT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING N 15 TO 20 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 TO 6 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 6 FT. 
.MON...NW TO N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING W TO NW 15 TO 20 KT
IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.MON NIGHT...W TO NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE OVER THE NW WATERS THIS
AFTERNOON. IT WILL REACH FROM NEAR 31N78W TO DAYTONA BEACH THIS 
EVENING...FROM NEAR 31N75W TO THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA FRI MORNING
AND FROM NEAR 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 31N76W TO CENTRAL CUBA SUN MORNING THEN TO
31N69W TO EASTERN CUBA SUN NIGHT BEFORE WEAKENING OVER SE WATERS
MON...WITH STRONG GALE FORCE WINDS POSSIBLE OVER MUCH OF THE
NORTHERN WATERS LATE SUN THROUGH EARLY MON. A SURFACE TOUGH NEAR
58W WILL MOVE NW...PASSING 65W FRI AND WEAKENING AS IT MERGES
WITH THE COLD FRONT SAT.

...GALE CONDITIONS POSSIBLE N OF 30N E OF 79W EARLY SUN NIGHT...

.TODAY...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N...AND SE TO S 15 TO 20 KT
N OF 27N. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS NW 
PART IN THE AFTERNOON.
.TONIGHT...S OF 27N...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...DIMINISHING TO 5 TO
10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. N OF 27N...S WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...SHIFTING
TO SW TO W AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
ISOLATED TSTMS N OF 27N.
.FRI...N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS
EARLY N OF 27N. 
.FRI NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT.
.SAT...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...SHIFTING TO S TO SW 10 TO
15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.SUN...W TO NW WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. 
.SUN NIGHT...NW WINDS 20 TO 30 KT...EXCEPT NW 25 TO 35 KT WINDS 
N OF 30N E OF 79W EARLY. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT...EXCEPT 10 TO 14 FT 
N OF 30N E OF 79W.
.MON...W TO NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. 
.MON NIGHT...W WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...INCREASING TO 25 TO 30 KT
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT.