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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
458 AM EDT SAT OCT 22 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 FORT MYERS FLORIDA TO
25N88W TO 24N93W AND TO TAMPICO MEXICO WILL QUICKLY MOVE ACROSS
THE REST OF THE GULF TODAY...AND EXIT THE FAR SE GULF THIS
EVENING. STRONG TO MINIMAL GALE FORCE WINDS IN THE FAR SW GULF
ALONG THE COAST OF VERACRUZ WILL DIMINISH THIS MORNING. HIGH
PRES BEHIND THE FRONT WILL BUILD EASTWARD THROUGH MON...THEN
BECOME REPLACED BY STRONGER HIGH PRES THAT BUILDS SOUTHWARD FROM
EASTERN SEABOARD LATE MON THROUGH WED NIGHT. THIS WILL LEAD TO
AN INCREASE OF THE E WINDS ALONG WITH SEAS ACROSS MUCH OF THE
EASTERN PART OF THE GULF. 

.TODAY...STRAITS OF FLORIDA...N TO NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...
INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. ELSEWHERE...N TO NE
WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. ISOLATED SHOWERS.
.TONIGHT...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. ISOLATED SHOWERS.  
.SUN...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 6 FT. 
.SUN NIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT...EXCEPT 5
TO 7 FT STRAITS OF FL. 
.MON...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 5 FT...EXCEPT 5 TO 7
FT STRAITS OF FL. 
.MON NIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT...EXCEPT 6
TO 8 FT STRAITS OF FL. 
.TUE...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...EXCEPT NE 20 TO 25 KT STRAITS
OF FL. SEAS 5 TO 6 FT...EXCEPT 6 TO 8 FT STRAITS OF FL.
.TUE NIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...EXCEPT NE 20 TO 25 KT
STRAITS OF FL. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT...EXCEPT 7 TO 10 FT STRAITS OF FL.
.WED...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...EXCEPT 20 TO 25 KT STRAITS OF
FL. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT...EXCEPT 7 TO 10 FT STRAITS OF FL.
.WED NIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...EXCEPT 20 TO 25 KT
STRAITS OF FL. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT...EXCEPT 7 TO 10 FT STRAITS OF FL.

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...A COLD FRONT FROM 31N76W SW TO WEST PALM BEACH
FLORIDA WILL REACH FROM NEAR 31N69W TO THE CNTRL BAHAMAS AND TO
THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA THIS AFTERNOON...THEN FROM NEAR BERMUDA
TO THE SE BAHAMAS AND CENTRAL CUBA EARLY TONIGHT. THE FRONT WILL
STALL FROM NEAR 25N65W TO VICINITY OF THE WINDWARD PASSAGE BY
LATE SUN NIGHT WHERE IT WILL GRADUALLY WEAKEN TO A TROUGH INTO
EARLY NEXT WEEK. STRONG HIGH PRES WILL BUILD SOUTHWARD FROM THE
U.S. EASTERN SEABOARD MON NIGHT THROUGH WED NIGHT LEADING TO
STRONG NE TO E WINDS OVER MUCH OF THE BASIN ALONG WITH BUILDING
SEAS.

.TODAY...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N...AND NW TO N 15 TO 20 KT N
OF 27N. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT S OF 27N...AND 6 TO 8 FT N OF 27N. ISOLATED
SHOWERS S OF 27N.
.TONIGHT...N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N...AND N 10 TO 15 KT
N OF 27N. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT S OF 27N...AND 4 TO 6 FT N OF 27N.
.SUN...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT S OF 27N...AND N TO NE 10 TO 15 KT N
OF 27N. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SUN NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT S OF 27N...AND NE 10 TO 15 KT N
OF 27N. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 
.MON...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 
.MON NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT.
.TUE...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.TUE NIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.WED...NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.WED NIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT.