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FZNT25 KNHC 122044
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
344 PM EST MON DEC 12 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 PRES OVER THE NORTHERN AND EASTERN GULF WILL
CONTINUE TO WEAKEN AND SLIDE EASTWARD THROUGH WED. THIS WILL
ALLOW FOR WEAK RETURN FLOW TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE BASIN. STRONG
HIGH PRES WILL PUSH A COLD FRONT SOUTHEASTWARD OVER THE NORTHERN
AND NE GULF WED...THE FRONT SLIDES S TO ALONG 27N EARLY THU AND
OVER THE EASTERN GULF THU NIGHT AND FRI. HIGH PRES BUILDING IN
THE WAKE OF THE FRONT WILL RESULT IN INCREASING NORTHERLY WINDS
OVER MUCH OF THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL GULF THU AND THU NIGHT.
RETURN FLOW WILL SET UP AGAIN ACROSS THE GULF W OF 93W FRI...AND
SPREAD OVER THE ENTIRE BASIN BY LATE SAT.  

.TONIGHT...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. 
.TUE...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. 
.TUE NIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. 
.WED...NE TO E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...SHIFTING TO NW TO N IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. 
.WED NIGHT...N WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. 
.THU...N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS...BUILDING TO
3 TO 4 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. 
.THU NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.FRI...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.FRI NIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.SAT...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...STRONG HIGH PRES N OF THE AREA IS BEGINNING TO SHIFT
E AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT...ALLOWING SE RETURN FLOW
OFF NE FLORIDA TO INCREASE...AND TRADE WINDS S OF 27N TO
DIMINISH. THE FRONT WILL MOVE S TO ALONG 30N/31N AND STALL
TUE...BEFORE LIFTING N OF THE AREA LATE TUE. A REINFORCING COLD
FRONT WILL MOVE OFF THE NE FLORIDA COAST WED NIGHT OR EARLY
THU...AND EXTEND FROM 29N65W TO S FLORIDA BY THU EVENING...AND
FROM 23N65W TO THE WINDWARD PASSAGE BY LATE FRI...THEN SLIPS S
OF THE AREA BY LATE SAT. STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS AND BUILDING
SEAS WILL FOLLOW THE FRONT THU...VEERING TO NE TO E FRI AND SAT.

.TONIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N...AND S TO SW 10 TO
15 KT N OF 27N. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS S OF 27N...AND 4 TO 6 FT N OF
27N. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.TUE...E TO SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT S OF 27N...AND SE TO S 5 TO 10 KT
N OF 27N. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS S OF 27N...AND 3 TO 5 FT N OF 27N. 
.TUE NIGHT...SE TO S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS S OF
27N...AND 3 TO 5 FT N OF 27N. 
.WED...E TO SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT S OF 27N...AND SW 5 TO 10 KT N OF
27N. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS S OF 27N...AND 3 FT N OF 27N. 
.WED NIGHT...W TO NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS S OF
27N...AND 3 TO 4 FT N OF 27N. 
.THU...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS S OF 27N...AND 3 TO
5 FT N OF 27N. 
.THU NIGHT...N TO NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT S OF 27N...
AND 4 TO 6 FT N OF 27N. 
.FRI...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT S OF 27N...AND
5 TO 7 FT N OF 27N. 
.FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT S OF 27N...AND
6 TO 9 FT N OF 27N. 
.SAT...E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT S OF 27N...AND
6 TO 9 FT N OF 27N. 
.SAT 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.