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FZNT25 KNHC 090346
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1046 PM 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 IS MOVING SE ACROSS THE GULF
FROM S CENTRAL FLORIDA TO LOW PRES NEAR 24.5N95W 1015 MB TO JUST
N OF VERACRUZ MEXICO THIS EVENING. STRONG TO GALE FORCE WINDS
WILL SPREAD SOUTHWARD ACROSS MUCH OF THE WESTERN GULF BEHIND
THIS FRONT THROUGH LATE FRI AS THE FRONT REACHES TO ALONG 23N
ACROSS THE SOUTHERN GULF AND THEN SW INTO THE CENTRAL BAY OF
CAMPECHE. WINDS AND SEAS WILL DIMINISH VERY SLOWLY SAT AND SAT
NIGHT ACROSS THE SW GULF AS THE FRONT SINKS S TO THE N YUCATAN
PENINSULA AND CHANNEL. THE NEXT FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO
THE NW GULF WATERS MON. 

.TONIGHT...N TO NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.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 15 TO 20 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 TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.MON...E TO SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. 
.MON NIGHT...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. 
.TUE...E TO SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. 
.TUE NIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...A STATIONARY FRONT EXTENDING FROM 27N65W TO THE
FLORIDA KEYS WILL MEANDER OVERNIGHT...AHEAD OF A STRONGER COLD
FRONT MOVING SE ACROSS THE NW WATERS EARLY TONIGHT. THE STRONGER
FRONT WILL REACH FROM 31N66W TO THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA LATE
FRIDAY AND MERGE WITH THE OLD FRONTAL BOUNDARY. STRONG HIGH
PRESSURE N OF MERGING FRONTS WILL SUPPORT A BROAD AREA OF STRONG
WINDS AND BUILDING SEAS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN WATERS AND W THROUGH
THE BAHAMAS THIS WEEKEND.

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