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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
410 AM EST WED FEB 24 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 STRONG COLD FRONT MOVING QUICKLY ACROSS THE GULF
WATERS WILL REACH A POSITION FROM THE FLORIDA BIG BEND TO THE
EASTERN BAY OF CAMPECHE EARLY THIS MORNING...AND FROM NEAR TAMPA
BAY TO INLAND THE NE YUCATAN PENINSULA EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. THE
FRONT WILL PUSH SE OF THE AREA BY THIS EVENING. MINIMAL GALE
FORCE WINDS ARE BLOWING IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT ACROSS THE NW
AND N CENTRAL WATERS. AS THE FRONT CONTINUES TO MOVE SE ACROSS
THE GULF REGION...MINIMAL GALE FORCE WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED
ACROSS THE FAR NE PART AND THE WEST-CENTRAL AND SW GULF MAINLY
THIS MORNING. WINDS ARE FORECAST TO DIMINISH BELOW GALE FORCE BY
THIS EVENING ALL AFFECTED ZONES. WINDS AND SEAS WILL FURTHER
DIMINISH TONIGHT AND THU AS HIGH PRESSURE SETTLES ACROSS THE NW
GULF BY THU NIGHT... AND DOMINATES MUCH OF THE BASIN FRI THROUGH
SAT NIGHT. 

.TODAY...SW TO W WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.TONIGHT...NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT IN W TO NW
SWELL. 
.THU...NW TO N 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 4 TO 6 FT. 
.FRI NIGHT...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SAT...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 
.SUN...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 
.SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...THE PRESSURE GRADIENT BETWEEN THE ATLANTIC RIDGE AND
THE GULF OF MEXICO COLD FRONT WILL ALLOW FOR INCREASING
SOUTHERLY WINDS ACROSS THE NW WATERS THROUGH TONIGHT. THE COLD
FRONT WILL MOVE OFF THE NE FLORIDA COAST THIS EVENING AND
QUICKLY MOVE EASTWARD REACHING FROM 31N68W TO THE SE BAHAMAS AND
EASTERN CUBA BY THU EVENING...AND FROM 27N65W TO THE WINDWARD
PASSAGE BY FRI EVENING. STRONG TO NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS WITH
RAPIDLY BUILDING SEAS WILL FOLLOW THE COLD FRONT N OF 27N
TONIGHT INTO THU. FRESH TO STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS ARE EXPECTED
AHEAD OF THE FRONT WITH WINDS GUSTING TO GALE FORCE JUST N OF
THE AREA. A BAND OF SHOWERS WITH EMBEDDED STRONG TSTMS AND GUSTY
WINDS IS POSSIBLE AHEAD OF FRONT. WINDS AND SEAS N OF 27N WILL
DIMINISH SOME THU NIGHT INTO FRI...AND FURTHER SAT THROUGH SUN
AS HIGH PRES RIDGES EASTWARD OVER THE AREA FROM THE GULF OF
MEXICO.

.TODAY...SE TO S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT S OF 27N...AND S 20 TO 25 KT N
OF 27N. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.TONIGHT...S OF 27N...S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...SHIFTING TO W AFTER
MIDNIGHT. N OF 27N...SW TO W WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.THU...NW TO N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT S OF 27N...AND W TO NW 20 TO
25 KT N OF 27N. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.THU NIGHT...NW TO N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT S OF 27N...AND NW 20 TO
25 KT N OF 27N. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.FRI...NW TO N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KT IN
THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 TO 6 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 3 FT IN THE MORNING...
SUBSIDING TO 2 FT OR LESS. 
.SAT NIGHT...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. 
.SUN...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 
.SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT.