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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1006 AM EST FRI JAN 6 2017

...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 THE CENTRAL FLORIDA
PANHANDLE TO NE MEXICO WILL REACH FROM THE FLORIDA BIG BEND TO
THE WESTERN BAY OF CAMPECHE TONIGHT...AND RACE SE THROUGH THE
STRAITS OF FLORIDA SAT NIGHT WITH ITS TAIL END REACHING THE
EASTERN BAY OF CAMPECHE. STRONG TO NEAR GALE FORCE NORTHERLY
WINDS EXPECTED W OF THE FRONT TODAY EXCEPT GALE CONDITIONS
FORECAST ACROSS THE SW GULF TONIGHT THROUGH SAT EVENING. WINDS
AND SEAS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH AND SUBSIDE FROM THE NW
BEGINNING LATE SAT...WITH A FRESH E BREEZE ACROSS THE STRAITS OF
FLORIDA ON TUE NIGHT. STRONG SOUTHERLY FLOW EXPECTED BRIEFLY
ACROSS THE NW WATERS ON TUE. 

.TODAY...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. PATCHY FOG.
SCATTERED SHOWERS. 
.TONIGHT...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS... BUILDING TO
3 TO 4 FT EARLY IN THE MORNING. SCATTERED SHOWERS. 
.SAT...W WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...SHIFTING TO NW TO N IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT...BUILDING TO 5 TO 7 FT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SCATTERED SHOWERS. 
.SAT NIGHT...N TO NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT IN NW TO
N SWELL. 
.SUN...N TO NE WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT IN N TO NE
SWELL. 
.SUN NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT IN NE SWELL. 
.MON...NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. 
.MON NIGHT...E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. 
.TUE...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.TUE NIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE OFF THE NE FLORIDA
COAST EARLY SAT MORNING...REACH FROM 31N66W TO NORTH CENTRAL
CUBA SUN MORNING...AND STALL FROM 31N53W TO EASTERN DOMINICAN
REPUBLIC MON NIGHT. STRONG TO NEAR GALE FORCE SOUTHERLY WINDS
EXPECTED AHEAD OF THE FRONT WHILE STRONG TO NEAR GALE FORCE
NORTHERLY WINDS WILL FOLLOW THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY.

...GALE CONDITIONS POSSIBLE...

.TODAY...S OF 27N...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. N OF 27N...W WINDS 5 TO
10 KT...SHIFTING TO S LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 FT UNTIL LATE
AFTERNOON...SUBSIDING TO 2 FT OR LESS. 
.TONIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N...AND SE TO S 15 TO
20 KT N OF 27N. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS... BUILDING TO 3 TO 4 FT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. 
.SAT...S OF 27N...S TO SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...SHIFTING TO W LATE
IN THE AFTERNOON. N OF 27N...SW TO W WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO
6 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS. 
.SAT NIGHT...N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT S OF 27N...AND N 20 TO 30 KT N
OF 27N. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.SUN...N WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT IN N TO NE SWELL. 
.SUN NIGHT...N TO NE WINDS 25 TO 30 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. 
.MON...NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. 
.MON NIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. 
.TUE...E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. 
.TUE NIGHT...E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT.