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FZNT25 KNHC 162117
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
417 PM EST TUE FEB 16 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 NAPLES FLORIDA SW TO
23N90W THEN WEST TO NE MEXICO NEAR 24N97W. THE FRONT WILL MOVE
ACROSS THE SE GULF TONIGHT...THEN E OF THE AREA EARLY WED. HIGH
PRESSURE IS THEN EXPECTED TO BUILD ACROSS THE AREA BEHIND THE
FRONT AND STRENGTHEN ACROSS THE EASTERN GULF THU
NIGHT...INCREASING NE WINDS AND SEAS OVER OFF THE WESTERN
YUCATAN PENINSULA...SE WATERS AND THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA THROUGH
FRI NIGHT. 

.TONIGHT...NW TO N WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT IN THE EVENING...
SUBSIDING TO 2 FT OR LESS. 
.WED...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...DIMINISHING TO 5 TO 10 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 FT IN THE MORNING...SUBSIDING TO 2 FT OR LESS. 
.WED NIGHT...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING N TO NE 15 TO 20 KT
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 
.THU...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.THU NIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...INCREASING TO 20 TO
25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.FRI...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.SAT...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...DIMINISHING TO 10 TO
15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 
.SUN...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. 
.SUN NIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING E 10 TO 15 KT
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...STRONG HIGH PRESSURE NE OF THE AREA WILL MOVE
EASTWARD THROUGH WED NIGHT. STRONG TO NEAR GALE FORCE S TO SE
WINDS PREVAIL IN THE NW WATERS AHEAD OF A COLD
FRONT...CONTINUING ACROSS EASTERN WATERS THROUGH WED NIGHT WHEN
THE PRES GRADIENT IN THE REGION RELAXES. FRESH TO STRONG
NORTHERLY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO SPREAD ACROSS NORTHERN WATERS
THU AFTERNOON...EXTENDING TO THE NORTHERN BAHAMAS AT
NIGHT...THEN DIMINISHING IN COVERAGE THROUGH FRI MORNING. FRESH
TO STRONG NE WINDS WILL DEVELOP S OF 25N FRI NIGHT...DIMINISHING
EARLY SAT AS HIGH PRESSURE IN THE WAKE OF THE COLD FRONT
WEAKENS.

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