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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
518 AM EDT TUE OCT 25 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...HIGH ACROSS THE AREA WILL BE REPLACED BY STRONGER
HIGHER PRES THAT BUILDS SOUTHWARD ALONG THE EASTERN U.S. COAST
BEGINNING THIS AFTERNOON AND THROUGH SAT. THIS WILL INCREASE THE
NE TO E WINDS ACROSS THE EASTERN GULF AND STRAITS OF FLORIDA
THROUGH THE PERIOD. STRONG E WINDS WILL SPREAD W INTO THE
EASTERN PORTION OF THE CENTRAL GULF FRI THROUGH SAT NIGHT.
STRONG TO NEAR GALE FORCE NW WINDS ARE FORECAST TO DEVELOP NEAR
THE COAST OF VERACRUZ THU NIGHT THROUGH SAT. 

.TODAY...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...EXCEPT 20 TO 25 KT NEAR COAST
OF CUBA AND STRAITS OF FLORIDA.  SEAS 4 TO 5 FT...EXCEPT 5 TO 7
FT E OF 84W INCLUDING STRAITS OF FLORIDA BUILDING TO 6 TO 8 FT IN
THE AFTERNOON. ISOLATED SHOWERS.
.TONIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT...EXCEPT 8 TO
11 FT STRAITS OF FLORIDA. ISOLATED SHOWERS.
.WED...E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT...EXCEPT 8 TO 11 FT
STRAITS OF FLORIDA. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS.
.WED NIGHT...E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT...EXCEPT 8 TO 11
FT STRAITS OF FLORIDA. 
.THU...NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT...EXCEPT 8 TO 11
FT STRAITS OF FLORIDA. 
.THU NIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT...EXCEPT 8
TO 10 FT STRAITS OF FLORIDA. 
.FRI...NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 7 TO 9 FT...EXCEPT 8 TO 10
FT STRAITS OF FLORIDA. 
.FRI NIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT IN NE TO
E SWELL. 
.SAT...NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT.
.SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...EXCEPT NE TO E 20 TO 25 KT E OF
84W INCLUDING STRAITS OF FLORIDA. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT...EXCEPT 7 TO 10
FT STRAITS OF FLORIDA.

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...A STATIONARY FRONT FROM 25N65W SW TO THE WINDWARD
PASSAGE WILL TRANSITION TO A SHEARLINE THIS EVENING AND PERSIST
THROUGH WED NIGHT. A COLD FRONT WILL QUICKLY MOVE SE ACROSS THE
NORTHERN WATERS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AND MERGE WITH THE
STATIOANRY FRONT PORTION N OF 25N JUST E OF THE AREA WED NIGHT
INTO THU. STRONG HIGH PRES WILL BUILD SOUTHWARD AND EXPAND
EASTWARD OVER THE AREA THROUGH THU WITH STRONG NE WINDS. THE
HIGH PRES WILL WEAKEN SOME LATE THU NIGHT INTO EARLY FRI. A NEW
HIGH CENTER IS FORECAST TO MOVE OFF THE SE U.S. COAST ON
SAT...AND SURGE S OVER THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL PORTIONS. THIS
WILL MAINTAIN A TIGHT PRES GRADIENT OVER THE WATERS MAINLY S OF
27N W OF 74W WITH FRESH TO LOCALLY STRONG NE-E WINDS INTO SAT.

.TODAY...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 
.TONIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT S OF 27N...AND NE TO E 15 TO
20 KT N OF 27N. 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. 
.THU...NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. 
.THU NIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. 
.FRI...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.FRI NIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.SAT...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.