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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
955 AM EST WED MAR 2 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 FROM BIG BEND REGION TO CENTRAL TEXAS
COAST WILL WEAKEN AS W PORTION REMAINS STATIONARY AND E PORTION
SINKS SE ACROSS THE EASTERN GULF THROUGH THIS EVENING THEN
DISSIPATE ACROSS SE PART EARLY THU. MODERATE NORTHERLY WINDS
WILL BRIEFLY FOLLOW THE FRONT TODAY. NEXT WEAK COLD FRONT WILL
MOVE INTO THE NORTHERN GULF THU NIGHT...AND QUICKLY MOVE E OF
THE AREA BY FRI NIGHT FOLLOWED BY HIGH PRES OVER THE AREA SAT
THROUGH SUN NIGHT. MODERATE TO OCCASIONAL FRESH SOUTHERLY RETURN
FLOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE WESTERN GULF SUN NIGHT. 

.TODAY...N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. 
.TONIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. 
.THU...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS...BUILDING TO
3 FT IN THE MORNING...THEN...SUBSIDING TO 2 FT OR LESS. 
.THU NIGHT...S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...SHIFTING TO W 10 TO 15 KT LATE.
SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. 
.FRI...NW TO N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. 
.FRI NIGHT...N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. 
.SAT...N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT.
.SAT NIGHT...N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. 
.SUN...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. 
.SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...A HIGH PRES RIDGE ALONG 30N WILL SHIFT E OF THE THE
AREA THIS AFTERNOON AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT MOVING OFF THE SE U.S
COAST THIS MORNING. THE FRONT WILL REACH FROM NEAR 31N73W TO
NEAR WEST PALM BEACH THIS EVENING...THEN WEAKEN AS IT REACHES
FROM NEAR 31N66W TO 26N72W TO CENTRAL CUBA EARLY THU...AND FROM
NEAR 29N65W TO 25N72W AND STATIONARY TO 24N75W FRI AS WESTERN
PORTION LIFTS N AS A WARM FRONT N OF THE BAHAMAS. THE NEXT COLD
FRONT WILL APPROACH THE SE U.S. COAST THU NIGHT. SOUTHERLY FLOW
WILL INCREASE OUT AHEAD OF THE SECOND FRONT ACROSS NW PORTIONS.
THIS FRONT WILL REACH FROM NEAR 31N75W TO VERO BEACH FRI...AND
WEAKEN AS IT REACHES FROM NEAR 28N65W TO 25N67W SAT...AND
DISSIPATE BY SUN.

.TODAY...S OF 27N...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...SHIFTING TO N. N OF
27N...W WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS S OF 27N...AND 3 TO
5 FT N OF 27N. 
.TONIGHT...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT S OF 27N...AND N TO NE 15 TO 20 KT
N OF 27N. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS S OF 27N...AND 3 TO 5 FT N OF 27N. 
.THU...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS S OF 27N...
AND 3 TO 5 FT N OF 27N. 
.THU NIGHT...SE TO S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT S OF 27N...AND S 20 TO
25 KT N OF 27N. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS S OF 27N...AND 3 TO 5 FT N OF
27N. 
.FRI...W WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS S OF 27N...AND
4 TO 6 FT N OF 27N. 
.FRI NIGHT...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS S OF 27N...
AND 4 TO 6 FT N OF 27N. 
.SAT...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS S OF 27N...
AND 3 TO 5 FT N OF 27N. 
.SAT NIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS S OF
27N...AND 3 TO 5 FT N OF 27N. 
.SUN...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS S OF 27N...AND
4 TO 6 FT N OF 27N. 
.SUN NIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT S OF 27N...
AND 5 TO 7 FT N OF 27N.