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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1041 AM EST TUE FEB 23 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...WEAKENING HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE EASTERN GULF WILL
SHIFT E OF THE AREA TONIGHT AS LOW PRESSURE OVER S CENTRAL TEXAS
TRACKS NE. SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL QUICKLY INCREASE OVER THE
WESTERN AND N CENTRAL GULF THROUGH THIS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AS
THE LOW DEEPENS WHILE MOVING TOWARDS NE TEXAS WITH THE
ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT MOVING TO JUST OFFSHORE THE TEXAS COAST.
THE COLD FRONT WILL QUICKLY REACH FROM S CENTRAL LOUISIANA TO
NEAR TAMPICO MEXICO EARLY TONIGHT...FROM NEAR PANAMA CITY
FLORIDA TO 25N88W TO EASTERN BAY OF CAMPECHE EARLY ON WED...AND
FROM NEAR TAMPA BAY TO INLAND THE NE YUCATAN PENINSULA EARLY WED
AFTERNOON. THE FRONT WILL PUSH SE OF THE AREA BY EARLY WED
NIGHT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND POSSIBLE STRONG TSTMS WITH WINDS
POSSIBLY GUSTING TO GALE FORCE WILL PRECEDE THE FRONT.
WINDS TO GALE FORCE WILL FOLLOW THE FRONT OVER MUCH OF THE
WESTERN AND CENTRAL GULF TONIGHT AND WED. WINDS AND SEAS WILL
SLOWLY DIMINISH WED NIGHT AND THU AS HIGH PRESSURE SETTLES
ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF THROUGH SAT. 

.TODAY...SE TO S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. ISOLATED
SHOWERS.
.TONIGHT...S WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. ISOLATED SHOWERS.
.WED...SW TO W WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND TSTMS AHEAD OF FRONT.
.WED NIGHT...NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT IN W TO NW
SWELL. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS AHEAD OF FRONT...SHIFTING SE
OF AREA LATE.
.THU...NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT IN W TO NW SWELL. 
.THU NIGHT...NW TO N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. 
.FRI...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.FRI NIGHT...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 5 FT.
.SAT...N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...HIGH PRES OVER THE NORTHERN WATERS WILL SHIFT
EASTWARD THROUGH WED AS LOW PRES QUICKLY DEEPENS OVER TEXAS AND
TRACKS NE TO WELL TO NW OF THE REGION. THE PRESSURE GRADIENT
BETWEEN THE LOW AND HIGH PRES WILL ALLOW FOR SOUTHERLY WINDS TO
INCREASE OVER THE NW WATERS THROUGH WED. THE COLD FRONT
ASSOCIATED  WITH THE LOW WILL MOVE OFF THE NE FLORIDA COAST
EARLY WED NIGHT. THE FRONT WILL QUICKLY MOVE EASTWARD AND REACH
FROM 31N69W TO THE SE BAHAMAS BY LATE THU...AND STALL FROM
28N65W TO THE WINDWARD PASSAGE SAT. STRONG TO NEAR GALE FORCE
WINDS WITH RAPIDLY BUILDING SEAS WILL FOLLOW THE COLD FRONT N OF
27N WED NIGHT INTO THU. FRESH TO STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS ARE
EXPECTED AHEAD OF THE FRONT WITH WINDS REACH GALE FORCE JUST N
OF THE AREA. STRONG TSTMS WITH WINDS GUSTS POSSIBLY TO GALE
FORCE ARE LIKELY TO PRECEDED THE FRONT. WINDS AND SEAS N OF 27N
WILL DIMINISH SOME THU NIGHT THROUGH FRI AFTERNOON...AND FURTHER
ON SAT.

.TODAY...SE TO S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT S OF 27N...
AND 6 TO 7 FT N OF 27N. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS N OF
27N.
.TONIGHT...SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N...AND SE TO S 15 TO
20 KT N OF 27N. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT S OF 27N...AND 6 TO 8 FT N OF 27N.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS N OF 27N.
.WED...SE TO S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT S OF 27N...AND S TO SW 20 TO 30 KT
N OF 27N. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT S OF 27N...AND 8 TO 11 FT N OF 27N. WINDS
AND SEAS HIGHER IN AND NEAR SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS N OF 27N.
.WED NIGHT...S OF 27N...SW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...SHIFTING TO W TO
NW EARLY IN THE MORNING. N OF 27N...SW TO W WINDS 20 TO 30 KT.
SEAS 5 TO 7 FT S OF 27N...AND 8 TO 11 FT N OF 27N. SCATTERED
SHOWERS N OF 27N.
.THU...S OF 27N...NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. N OF
27N...W WINDS 20 TO 25 KT EXCEPT 25 TO 30 KT N OF 29N. SEAS 6 TO
8 FT EXCEPT 8 TO 11 FT E OF 78W.
.THU NIGHT...S OF 27N...NW TO N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 
N OF 27N...W TO NW WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT.
.FRI...NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...DIMINISHING TO 15 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.FRI NIGHT...NW TO N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SAT...NW TO N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.
.SAT NIGHT...N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT.