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FZNT25 KNHC 221452
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
952 AM EST THU DEC 22 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 WEAK COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE NORTHERN GULF
TONIGHT...STALL BY FRI MORNING...THEN QUICKLY DISSIPATE AS BROAD
HIGH PRESSURE TO THE NORTH RAPIDLY SLIDES EASTWARD. RETURN FLOW
ASSOCIATED WITH THE RIDGE WILL THEN ESTABLISH ACROSS THE BASIN
THROUGH SUN NIGHT. A NEW STRONG RIDGE ANCHORED BY A HIGH N OF
44N WILL TIGHTEN THE PRESSURE GRADIENT IN THE SE BASIN TO
SUPPORT FRESH TO STRONG WINDS SUN NIGHT THROUGH MON NIGHT.  

.TODAY...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT EARLY IN THE MORNING...
SUBSIDING TO 2 FT OR LESS. 
.TONIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS... BUILDING TO
3 TO 4 FT IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. 
.FRI...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SAT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SUN...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.MON...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.MON NIGHT...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...A WEAKENING STATIONARY FRONT FROM 31N67W TO THE
CENTRAL BAHAMAS WILL BE ABSORBED BY A RE-ENFORCING COLD FRONT
THAT CROSSES THE NW WATERS TONIGHT. HIGH PRES BUILDING IN THE
WAKE OF THIS COLD FRONT WILL SUPPORT FRESH TO LOCALLY STRONG NE
TO E WINDS FRI EVENING THROUGH SAT MORNING. STRONG NE WINDS WILL
DEVELOP ACROSS THE SOUTHERN BAHAMAS FRI NIGHT THROUGH SAT
EVENING...STRONG NE WINDS WILL RESUME SUN NIGHT AND EXPAND W
ACROSS THE GREAT BAHAMA BANK THROUGH MON NIGHT.

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