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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1021 AM EDT THU MAR 17 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 WEAK COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE N GULF LATE
TODAY AND MEANDER THERE THROUGH FRI. A WEAK LOW WILL DEVELOP
ALONG THE FRONT NEAR 27N95W ON FRI NIGHT AND DRAG A COLD FRONT
SW OF THE LOW TO BROWNSVILLE TEXAS. THE LOW WILL MOVE E-NE
ACROSS THE GULF AND INTO SW GEORGIA BY SAT NIGHT...WITH THE COLD
FRONT STRETCHING FROM APALACHICOLA THROUGH 26N91W TO 19N95W. BY
SUN NIGHT...THE FRONT WILL REACH FROM PALM BEACH FLORIDA THROUGH
THE DRY TORTUGAS TO CANCUN MEXICO BEFORE PASSING SE OF THE AREA.
STRONG HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT AND
SHIFT INTO THE N CENTRAL GULF BY MON NIGHT. 

.THIS AFTERNOON...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. PATCHY
FOG EARLY. 
.TONIGHT...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. 
.FRI...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. 
.FRI NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. 
.SAT...SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.
.SAT NIGHT...S TO SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. 
.SUN...NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SUN NIGHT...NW TO N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.MON...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. 
.MON NIGHT...N TO NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...A SERIES OF WEAK TROUGHS WILL PASS E ACROSS THE
WATERS N OF 27N THROUGH FRI. A SURFACE LOW WILL MOVE FROM THE
GULF OF MEXICO INTO THE ATLC ON SAT NIGHT AND DRAG A COLD FRONT
OFF THE NE FLORIDA COAST EARLY SUN. THE COLD FRONT WILL EXTEND
FROM 31N75W THROUGH PALM BEACH FLORIDA TO THE DRY TORTUGAS ON
SUN EVENING...AND FROM 30N65W TO CENTRAL CUBA NEAR 22N78W ON MON
EVENING.

.THIS AFTERNOON...S TO SW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 
.TONIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N...AND S TO SW 5 TO 10 KT
N OF 27N. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 
.FRI...SE TO S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT S OF 27N...AND SW TO W 10 TO
15 KT N OF 27N. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.FRI NIGHT...S OF 27N...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. N OF 27N...SW TO W
WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...SHIFTING TO SE IN THE LATE EVENING AND
OVERNIGHT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SAT...SE TO S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SUN...SW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SUN NIGHT...W TO NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.MON...NW TO N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.MON NIGHT...N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.