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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
418 PM 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.

.TONIGHT...VARIABLE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. 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 TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS...BUILDING TO
3 TO 4 FT IN THE LATE MORNING AND 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 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.FRI NIGHT...SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SAT...E TO SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...NE TO E 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 28N65W TO
SOUTHERN FLORIDA WILL RETREAT EASTWARD THROUGH TUE NIGHT. A COLD
FRONT LIES FROM 31N75W TO CAPE CANAVERAL. THIS FRONT WILL
STRETCH FROM 31N70W TO PALM BEACH FLORIDA TUE MORNING AND FROM
27N65W THROUGH 25N70W TO THE CENTRAL BAHAMAS WED MORNING BEFORE
SHIFTING E OF THE AREA. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD BEHIND THE
FRONT THROUGH WED NIGHT. WINDS ACROSS THE W PORTION WILL SHIFT
TO THE SE WED NIGHT THROUGH THU AND SHIFT SW LATE FRI AS A NEW
COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE AREA. THIS NEXT COLD FRONT WILL MOVE
INTO NW WATERS FRI NIGHT AND LIE FROM 31N77W TO CAPE CANAVERAL
SAT MORNING.

.TONIGHT...S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS.
.TUE...VARIABLE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 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 3 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
TSTMS. 
.WED...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N...AND E 15 TO 20 KT N OF 27N.
SEAS 4 TO 6 FT IN NE TO E SWELL. SCATTERED SHOWERS. 
.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 WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.FRI...SE TO S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.FRI NIGHT...SE TO S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SAT...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...SHIFTING TO NE TO E AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT.