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FZNT25 KNHC 160841
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
341 AM EST FRI DEC 16 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 EXTENDS FROM THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA TO
23N88W. THE FRONT BECOMES STATIONARY FROM 23N88W TO E MEXICO. THE
STATIONARY FRONT WILL DISSIPATE TODAY. FRESH TO STRONG SOUTHERLY
RETURN FLOW WILL DEVELOP IN THE NW GULF FROM FRI NIGHT THROUGH
SAT NIGHT AHEAD OF THE NEXT COLD FRONT EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE
NW GULF BY EARLY SUN. THE COLD FRONT WILL REACH FROM THE FLORIDA
PANHANDLE TO THE SW GULF SUN NIGHT AND STALL FROM CENTRAL FLORIDA
TO THE BAY OF CAMPECHE MON NIGHT. GALE CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE IN
PARTS OF THE WESTERN GULF BEHIND THIS FRONT SUN THROUGH TUE.

.TODAY...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. 
.TONIGHT...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 TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 
.SUN NIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 
.MON...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 
.MON NIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.TUE...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.TUE NIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...A COLD FRONT EXTENDING FROM 31N66W TO THE STRAITS OF
FLORIDA WILL PUSH SOUTHWARD TODAY. IT WILL BECOME STATIONARY FROM
NEAR 24N65W TO THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA BY THIS EVENING. STRONG
HIGH PRES WILL BUILD OVER THE AREA IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT. THE
FRONT WILL SHIFT EASTWARD BY EARLY NEXT WEEK ENABLING ANOTHER COLD
FRONT TO MOVE OVER THE FAR NW WATERS ON MON WHERE IT WILL STALL.

.TODAY...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.TONIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT S OF 27N...AND E TO SE 20 TO
25 KT N OF 27N. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.SAT...E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT S OF 27N...AND SE 20 TO 25 KT N
OF 27N. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT S OF 27N...AND SE TO S 20 TO
25 KT N OF 27N. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.SUN...SE TO S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.SUN NIGHT...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.
.MON...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.MON NIGHT...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.TUE...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.TUE NIGHT...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.