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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
445 AM EST WED DEC 14 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 COLD FRONT EXTENDING FROM SW LOUISIANA TO INLAND
TEXAS NEAR CORPUS CHRISTI WILL REACH FROM THE WESTERN FLORIDA
PANHANDLE TO NEAR BROWNSVILLE THIS MORNING...FROM JUST N OF
TAMPA NEAR 27N90W TO NEAR THE TEXAS/NE BORDER TONIGHT...THEN
FROM JUST S OF TAMPA TO NEAR 26N90W AND TO FAR NE MEXICO EARLY
ON THU. THE FRONT WILL REACH THE FAR SE GULF AND STRAITS OF
FLORIDA LATER ON THU WHERE IT IS FORECAST TO BECOME STATIONARY
THROUGH FRI WHILE DISSIPATING INTO FRI EVENING. FRESH TO STRONG
SOUTHERLY RETURN FLOW WILL DEVELOP OVER THE NW GULF FRI THROUGH
SAT NIGHT AHEAD OF THE NEXT COLD FRONT EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS
THE GULF ON SUN. GALE CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF
THE WESTERN GULF BEHIND THIS NEXT COLD FRONT. 

...DENSE FOG ADVISORY WITHIN 60 NM OF COAST N OF 25N UNTIL 9 AM
EST THIS MORNING...

.TODAY...NE TO E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...EXCEPT N OF 25N SHIFTING TO
NW IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. AREAS OF DENSE FOG WITH
VISIBILITIES 1 NM OR LESS WITHIN 60 NM OF COAST N OF 25N. ISOLATED
SHOWERS.
.TONIGHT...NW TO N WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...EXCEPT N TO NE WINDS 5 TO 10
KT S OF 25N. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. ISOLATED SHOWERS.
.THU...N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. ISOLATED
SHOWERS.
.THU NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS...BUILDING
TO 3 TO 4 FT IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. ISOLATED
SHOWERS.
.FRI...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. 
.FRI NIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 
.SAT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 
.SUN...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 
.SUN NIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...A RIDGE EXTENDING FROM 28N65W TO S FLORIDA WILL
SHIFT EASTWARD THROUGH LATE TONIGHT IN RESPONSE TO A COLD FRONT
THAT WILL PUSH SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE FAR NORTHERN WATERS. THE 
FRONT WILL REACH FROM NEAR BERMUDA TO STRAITS OF FLORIDA THU 
NIGHT...THEN BECOME A WEAKENING STATIONARY FRONT FROM NEAR
25N65W TO THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA BY FRI NIGHT. STRONG HIGH PRES
IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT WILL USHER NORTHERLY WINDS AND BUILDING
SEAS THU NIGHT INTO FRI OVER MUCH OF THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL
WATERS. THE HIGH PRES WILL THEN SLIDE EASTWARD THROUGH SUN NIGHT
ALLOWING FOR STRONG WINDS E OF THE BAHAMAS...AND STRONG SE WINDS
OVER THE FAR NW WATERS.

.TODAY...S OF 27N...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...SHIFTING TO NE TO E
LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. N OF 27N...SW TO W WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS
3 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS NW PART N OF 27N.
ISOLATED SHOWERS AND TSTMS ELSEWHERE.
.TONIGHT...N TO NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT S OF 27N...AND SW TO W 15 TO
20 KT N OF 27N. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.THU...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N...AND NW TO N 15 TO 20 KT N
OF 27N. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.THU NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N...AND NE 15 TO 20 KT N
OF 27N. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.FRI...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.SAT...E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.SUN...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.SUN NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.