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FZNT25 KNHC 070856
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
356 AM EST SAT JAN 7 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 FLORIDA BIG BEND TO
THE BAY OF CAMPECHE WILL RACE SE THROUGH THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA
AROUND SUNSET TODAY. FREQUENT GUSTS TO GALE FORCE ARE EXPECTED
 ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF WATERS TODAY. WINDS AND SEAS WILL
GRADUALLY DIMINISH AND SUBSIDE FROM THE NW BEGINNING THIS EVENING
WITH A FRESH E BREEZE DIMINISHING ACROSS THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA ON
TUE NIGHT. 

.TODAY...NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS.
.TONIGHT...N TO NE WINDS 25 TO 30 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT IN NW TO N
SWELL. 
.SUN...NE WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT IN N SWELL. 
.SUN NIGHT...NE TO E 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 8 FT. 
.MON NIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.TUE...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.TUE NIGHT...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.WED...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.WED NIGHT...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...A STRONG COLD FRONT MOVING OFF THE NE FLORIDA COAST
THIS MORNING WILL REACH FROM 31N74W TO THE BAHAMA CHANNEL THIS
EVENING AND MOVE E OF THE AREA ON SUN. STRONG SOUTHERLY FLOW
IS FORECAST JUST AHEAD OF THE FRONT. STRONG TO NEAR GALE FORCE
NORTHERLY WINDS WILL FOLLOW THE FRONT WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO GALE
FORCE THROUGH EARLY SUN.

...GALE WARNING...

.TODAY...S OF 27N...S TO SW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...SHIFTING TO W
LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. N OF 27N...W WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO
6 FT. SCATTERED TSTMS. 
.TONIGHT...N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT S OF 27N...AND N 20 TO 30 KT WITH
FREQUENT GUSTS TO GALE FORCE N OF 27N. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS.
.SUN...N TO NE WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. 
.SUN NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT IN N TO NE
SWELL. 
.MON...NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. 
.MON NIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.TUE...E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.TUE NIGHT...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.WED...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.WED NIGHT...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.