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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
900 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
GULF WED...THE FRONT SLIDES S TO ALONG 26N/27N EARLY THU AND
OVER THE EASTERN GULF THU NIGHT AND FRI. INCREASING RETURN FLOW
WILL SET UP AGAIN ACROSS THE GULF W OF 92W FRI...AND SPREAD OVER
THE MOST OF THE BASIN W OF 90W BY LATE SAT. 

.TONIGHT...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...NE TO E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. 
.WED...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...SHIFTING TO NW. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. 
.WED NIGHT...NW TO 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 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. 
.THU NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.FRI...NE TO E WINDS 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 NE OF THE AREA SHIFTS 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 COLD
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 30N65W TO S FLORIDA BY THU EVENING...AND FROM 25N65W
TO THE SE BAHAMAS BY LATE FRI...THEN SLIPS SE 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 5 TO 10 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...S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS S OF 27N...AND
3 TO 5 FT N OF 27N. 
.WED...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 WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS S OF 27N...
AND 3 TO 5 FT N OF 27N. 
.THU...NW TO N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS S OF 27N...
AND 3 TO 5 FT N OF 27N. 
.THU NIGHT...N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 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 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.