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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1129 AM EDT FRI SEP 30 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 COLD FRONT EXTENDING FROM NORTH FLORIDA NEAR
30N81W TO 26N87W TO 25N95W TO 23N98W WILL STALL ACROSS THE
CENTRAL GULF TODAY THROUGH SAT...GRADUALLY DISSIPATING SUN. HIGH
PRES WILL DOMINATE THE GULF WATERS THE REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST
PERIOD. 

.THIS AFTERNOON...N TO NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. 
.TONIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. 
.SAT...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. 
.SAT NIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. 
.SUN...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. 
.SUN NIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. 
.MON...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. 
.MON NIGHT...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 
.TUE...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...HURRICANE MATTHEW NEAR 13.7N 70.8W 968 MB AT 11 AM
EDT MOVING W AT 10 KT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 100 KT GUSTS
120 KT. MATTHEW IS FORECAST TO APPROACH THE SOUTHERN WATERS N OF
CUBA NEAR 21.5N 76.0W TUE. HOWEVER...WINDS AND SEAS ARE
INCREASING ACROSS THE SE WATERS WELL BEFORE THAT DUE TO A TIGHT
PRES GRADIENT BETWEEN HIGH PRES OVER THE ATLANTIC OCEAN AND
HURRICANE MATTHEW. OTHERWISE...A RIDGE WILL DOMINATE THE AREA N
OF 22N THROUGH SAT. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE E FROM N FLORIDA
FRI...THEN STALL JUST OFFSHORE AND WEAKEN THROUGH SAT. 

.THIS AFTERNOON...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. 
.TONIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. 
.SAT...NE TO 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. 
.SAT NIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N...AND E 15 TO
20 KT N OF 27N. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SUN...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.MON...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.MON NIGHT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. 
.TUE...HURRICANE CONDITIONS POSSIBLE.