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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
436 AM EDT WED MAR 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...SOUTHERLY RETURN FLOW WILL DOMINATE THE BASIN TODAY.
A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE OFF THE TEXAS COAST EARLY THU AND RACE
SOUTHWARD IN THE WESTERN GULF THU...AND EXTEND FROM THE FLORIDA
PANHANDLE TO VERACRUZ MEXICO THU EVENING WITH STRONG N WINDS
EXPECTED W OF THE FRONT ALONG THE COAST OF MEXICO. THE FRONT
WILL WEAKEN AND STALL FROM NORTHERN FLORIDA THROUGH 25N90W TO
BAY OF CAMPECHE FRI...THEN DRIFT W AND DISSIPATE SAT. RETURN
FLOW WILL AGAIN DOMINATE SAT NIGHT AND SUN AHEAD OF THE NEXT
COLD FRONT WHICH WILL MOVE INTO THE NW GULF LATE SUN NIGHT. 

.TODAY...E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.TONIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.THU...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 
.THU NIGHT...SE TO S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS.
.FRI...S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. 
.FRI NIGHT...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS.
.SAT...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.
.SAT NIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. 
.SUN...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. 
.SUN NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...A STATIONARY FRONT FROM 23N65W TO E CUBA WILL DRIFT W
AND DISSIPATE THROUGH TONIGHT. STRONG HIGH PRESSURE WILL SHIFT
EASTWARD ACROSS NORTHERN WATERS INTO THE CENTRAL ATLANTIC THROUGH
THU. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE OFF THE NE FLORIDA COAST FRI...THEN
BECOME NEARLY STATIONARY FROM 31N74W TO CENTRAL FLORIDA FRI NIGHT
AND SAT...THEN DISSIPATE SAT NIGHT.

.TODAY...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT S OF 27N...AND E TO SE 15 TO 20 KT N
OF 27N. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.TONIGHT...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT S OF 27N...AND E TO SE 10 TO 15 KT
N OF 27N. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.THU...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.THU NIGHT...SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS. 
.FRI...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 
.FRI NIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 
.SAT...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. 
.SUN...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 
.SUN NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT.