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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
457 AM EDT SUN MAR 27 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 SURFACE TROUGH REMNANTS OF A FORMER DISSIPATING
STATIONARY FRONT AND ACCOMPANIED BY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
ALONG THE NORTHERN GULF WATERS IS EXPECTED TO SLOWLY DRIFT E
AHEAD OF THE NEXT COLD FRONT EXPECTED TO MOVE OFF THE TEXAS AND
LOUISIANA COAST EARLY MONDAY MORNING. BY LATE MONDAY NIGHT THE
COLD FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM JACKSONVILLE FLORIDA TO 26N86W WHERE
IT WILL TRANSITION TO A STATIONARY FRONT WITH TAIL REACHING THE
CENTRAL BAY OF CAMPECHE. THE STATIONARY FRONT WILL GRADUALLY
LIFT NW AND EXTEND OFF THE NORTHERN GULF COASTLINE BY LATE NIGHT
TUE...THEN WILL DRIFTS INLAND TO THE N-NE AS A WARM FRONT THAT
WILL DISSIPATE LATE WED MORNING. THE PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL
STRENGTHEN BETWEEN RIDGING NE OF THE AREA AND TROUGHING OVER THE
SOUTHERN PLAINS WED THROUGH THU AFTERNOON. A COLD FRONT WILL
MOVE INTO THE NW WATERS LATE THU. 

.TODAY...SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 
.TONIGHT...SE TO S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT UNTIL EARLY
MORNING...SUBSIDING TO 2 FT OR LESS. 
.MON...S TO SW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. 
.MON NIGHT...W TO NW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...SHIFTING TO NE IN THE
LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. 
.TUE...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. 
.TUE NIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. 
.WED...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS...BUILDING TO
3 TO 4 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. 
.WED NIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 
.THU...SE TO S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.THU NIGHT...SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...A HIGH PRES RIDGE EXTENDING FROM 33N35W TO THE
FLORIDA PENINSULA WILL BEGIN TO WEAKEN AND RETREAT EASTWARD SUN
NIGHT THROUGH TUE EVENING. PERIODS OF UNSETTLED WEATHER WILL
AFFECT THE NW PORTION OF THE BASIN...UNTIL A COLD FRONT MOVES
ACROSS THIS REGION TUE. THE FRONT IS EXPECTED TO REACH THE NE
PORTION BY TUE NIGHT AS IT WEAKENS. HIGH PRES WILL BUILD ACROSS
THE NORTHERN PORTION BEHIND THE FRONT THROUGH THU NIGHT. WINDS
ACROSS THE W PORTION WILL SHIFT TO THE SE THU AS A NEW COLD
FRONT APPROACHES THE AREA.

.TODAY...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.TONIGHT...SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.MON...SE TO S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT S OF 27N...AND S TO SW 10 TO
15 KT N OF 27N. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
TSTMS. 
.MON NIGHT...S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 
.TUE...S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...SHIFTING TO NE TO E IN THE AFTERNOON.
SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 
.TUE NIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.WED...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.WED NIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.THU...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.THU NIGHT...SE TO S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.