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FZNT25 KNHC 160944
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
444 AM EST THU FEB 16 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 NEAR NAPLES FLORIDA SW
TO THE EASTERN BAY OF CAMPECHE WILL EXIT THE AREA THIS MORNING.
HIGH PRES WILL BUILD IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT. LOW PRES OVER
TEXAS WILL EXTEND A WARM FRONT ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND E GULF FRI
NIGHT INTO SAT...LIFTING N OF THE AREA LATE SAT IN ADVANCE OF A
WEAK COLD FRONT THAT MAY MOVE ACROSS THE EASTERN GULF SAT NIGHT
THROUGH SUN. LOW PRES WITH AN ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT MAY MOVE
INTO THE WESTERN GULF EARLY NEXT WEEK.  

.TODAY...NW TO N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.  SCATTERED 
SHOWERS AND TSTMS FAR SE PART EARLY. ISOLATED SHOWERS ELSEWHERE. 
.TONIGHT...N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.FRI...E TO SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 
.FRI NIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 O 4 FT.
.SAT...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. 
.SAT NIGHT...S TO SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.
.SUN...SE TO S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT.
.SUN NIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. 
.MON...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT.
.MON NIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT.

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...A COLD FRONT EXTENDS FROM 31N73W TO S FLORIDA. THE
COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE NW AND CENTRAL WATERS TODAY...
...REACH FROM NEAR 30N65W TO THE CENTRAL BAHAMAS THIS
EVENING...FROM NEAR 25N65W TO THE SE BAHAMAS EARLY ON FRI AND
EXIT THE AREA  EARLY ON SAT. MINIMAL GALE FORCE SW WINDS WILL
PRECEDE THE FRONT N OF 29N TODAY. HIGH PRES WILL BUILD ACROSS
THE NORTHERN WATERS IN  THE WAKE OF THE FRONT. ANOTHER COLD
FRONT MAY MOVE INTO THE NW  PORTION SAT NIGHT...AND ACROSS THE
NORTHERN AND CENTRAL WATERS SUN THROUGH MON NIGHT. LOW PRES
ASSOCIATED WITH THIS FRONT MAY DROP S OVER THE NE PORTION ON MON
WITH INCREASING N WINDS AND BUILDING  SEAS EXPECTED OVER THOSE
WATERS MON AND MON NIGHT. 

.TODAY...W TO NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT S OF 27N...AND NW 20 TO 25 KT
N OF 27N. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT S OF 27N...AND 6 TO 9 FT N OF 27N.
S OF 27N...ISOLATED SHOWERS AND TSTMS EXCEPT SCATTERED SHOWERS 
AND TSTMS ALONG FRONT. 
.TONIGHT...S OF 27N...NW TO N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. N OF 27N...NW TO N
WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...DIMINISHING TO 5 TO 10 KT EARLY IN THE
MORNING. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. S OF 27N...ISOLATED SHOWERS EXCEPT 
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS E PART EARLY.
.FRI...NE TO E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT S OF 27N...AND W TO NW WINDS 5 TO
10 KT N OF 27N. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT S OF 27N...AND 3 TO 4 FT N OF 27N.
.FRI NIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT S OF 27N...AND W WINDS 10 TO
15 KT N OF 27N. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT S OF 27N...AND 3 TO 4 FT N OF 27N.
.SAT...SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. 
.SAT NIGHT...SE TO S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. 
.SUN...SW TO W WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. 
.SUN NIGHT...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. 
.MON...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. 
.MON NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS.