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FZNT25 KNHC 281506
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1106 AM EDT MON MAR 28 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 EXTENDS FROM THE BIG BEND REGION
OF FLORIDA SOUTHWESTWARD TO NEAR 26N90W THIS MORNING...WHILE A
STATIONARY FRONT EXTENDS FROM SE LOUISIANA TO UPPER MEXICAN
COAST NEAR 24N98W. THE TWO BOUNDARIES WILL MOVE SLOWLY SE ACROSS
CENTRAL AND E PORTIONS AND GRADUALLY MERGE BY LATE TUE...WITH
THE MERGED FRONT EXTENDING ENE-WSW ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF.
FRESH TO STRONG SE TO S RETURN FLOW WILL PREVAIL ACROSS THE GULF
TUE THROUGH THU. A NEW COLD FRONT WILL REACH THE NW GULF ON FRI.

.THIS AFTERNOON...S TO SW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND SLIGHT CHANCE OF TSTMS. 
.TONIGHT...SW TO W WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...SHIFTING TO NW LATE...
THEN...SHIFTING TO NE TO E LATE. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. SCATTERED
SHOWERS. 
.TUE...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.TUE NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. SCATTERED
SHOWERS. 
.WED...E WINDS 15 TO 20 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 5 FT. 
.THU...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.THU NIGHT...SE TO S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.FRI...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.FRI 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 WEAKENING HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE FROM 29N65W TO
SOUTHERN FLORIDA WILL RETREAT EASTWARD THROUGH TUE NIGHT.
PERIODS OF UNSETTLED WEATHER WILL AFFECT THE NW PORTION...UNTIL
A COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS THAT AREA BY TUE NIGHT AS IT WEAKENS.
HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD BEHIND THE FRONT THROUGH WEDNESDAY
NIGHT. WINDS ACROSS THE W PORTION WILL SHIFT TO THE SE WED NIGHT
THROUGH THU AND SHIFTS SW THU NIGHT INTO FRI AS A NEW COLD FRONT
APPROACHES THE AREA. THIS NEXT COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO NW
WATERS FRI NIGHT.

.THIS AFTERNOON...SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N...AND SW
10 TO 15 KT N OF 27N. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS S OF 27N...AND 3 TO 5 FT
N OF 27N. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.TONIGHT...S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS S OF 27N...AND
3 TO 5 FT N OF 27N. SCATTERED SHOWERS. 
.TUE...S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...SHIFTING TO N. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS S OF
27N...AND 3 TO 5 FT N OF 27N. SCATTERED SHOWERS. 
.TUE NIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N...AND NE 15 TO
20 KT N OF 27N. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS S OF 27N...AND 3 TO 5 FT N OF
27N. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.WED...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS S OF 27N...AND 3 TO
5 FT N OF 27N. 
.WED NIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. S OF 27N...SEAS 2 FT OR
LESS...BUILDING TO 3 FT LATE. N OF 27N...SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.THU...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT S OF 27N...AND 4 TO 6 FT N
OF 27N. 
.THU NIGHT...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. S OF 27N...SEAS 3 FT...
SUBSIDING TO 2 FT OR LESS. N OF 27N...SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.FRI...SE TO S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS S OF 27N...
AND 4 TO 6 FT N OF 27N. 
.FRI NIGHT...S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS S OF 27N...
AND 3 TO 5 FT N OF 27N.