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FZNT25 KNHC 080917
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
417 AM EST THU DEC 8 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 STRONG COLD FRONT WILL EMERGE OFF THE COASTS OF
TEXAS AND LOUISIANA THIS MORNING. STRONG TO GALE FORCE WINDS
WILL SPREAD SOUTHWARD ACROSS MUCH OF THE WESTERN GULF BEHIND
THIS FRONT THROUGH LATE FRI AS IT REACHES THE SOUTHERN GULF.
WINDS AND SEAS WILL DIMINISH VERY SLOWLY SAT AND SAT NIGHT
ACROSS THE SW GULF AS THE FRONT SINKS INTO THE NW CARIBBEAN. THE
NEXT FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE NW GULF WATERS MON. 

.TODAY...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS...BUILDING TO
3 TO 4 FT. 
.TONIGHT...N TO NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.FRI...NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. 
.FRI NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT.
.SAT...NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.SUN...E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.MON...E TO SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. 
.MON NIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...A COLD FRONT EXTENDING FROM 30N65W TO SOUTH FLORIDA
WILL SHIFT EAST AHEAD OF A STRONGER COLD FRONT EXPECTED TO MOVE
OFF THE COAST OF NORTHEAST FLORIDA THIS MORNING. THE STRONGER
FRONT WILL REACH FROM 31N66W TO THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA LATE
FRIDAY MERGING WITH THE OLD FRONTAL BOUNDARY. STRONG HIGH
PRESSURE N OF MERGING FRONTS WILL SUPPORT A BROAD AREA OF STRONG
WINDS AND BUILDING SEAS EAST OF THE BAHAMAS THIS WEEKEND.  

.TODAY...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT S OF 27N...AND NW 10 TO 15 KT N OF
27N. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. 
.TONIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N...AND N 15 TO 20 KT N OF
27N. S OF 27N...SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. N OF 27N...SEAS 2 FT OR
LESS...BUILDING TO 3 TO 4 FT LATE. 
.FRI...NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT S OF 27N...AND N 15 TO 20 KT N OF
27N. S OF 27N...SEAS 2 FT OR LESS...BUILDING TO 3 TO 4 FT. N OF
27N...SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.FRI NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT S OF 27N...AND
5 TO 7 FT N OF 27N. 
.SAT...NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT S OF 27N...
AND 6 TO 8 FT N OF 27N. 
.SUN...E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT S OF 27N...AND 5 TO
7 FT N OF 27N. 
.SUN NIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT S OF 27N...
AND 5 TO 7 FT N OF 27N. 
.MON...SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. S OF 27N...SEAS 3 FT IN THE
MORNING...SUBSIDING TO 2 FT OR LESS. N OF 27N...SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.MON NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS S OF 27N...
AND 3 TO 5 FT N OF 27N.