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FZNT25 KNHC 161507
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1107 AM EDT THU MAR 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...STRONG HIGH PRES OVER THE AREA WILL SHIFT EASTWARD
TO THE NE GULF BY FRI NIGHT...THEN REFORM OVER THE NW GULF SAT
IN RESPONSE TO A WEAK COLD FRONT EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE SE
U.S. THE FRONT WILL CLIP THE NE GULF SAT NIGHT INTO SUN. THE
HIGH PRES WILL THEN SLOWLY MOVE EASTWARD SUN NIGHT THROUGH MON
NIGHT. A THERMAL TROUGH WILL PRODUCE STRONG WINDS OVER THE
EASTERN BAY OF CAMPECHE DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS THROUGH SUN
NIGHT. 

.THIS AFTERNOON...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.TONIGHT...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.FRI...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.FRI NIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SAT...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...N TO NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
.SUN...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
.SUN NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
.MON...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.MON NIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...A COLD FRONT EXTENDS FROM 27N65W TO THE SE BAHAMAS
AND THE NE TIP OF CUBA. A SECOND COLD FRONT EXTENDS FROM 31N65W 
TO THE CENTRAL BAHAMAS. THE SECOND COLD FRONT WILL MERGE WITH THE 
FIRST FRONT THIS AFTERNOON...WITH THE MERGED FRONT REACHING FROM 
NEAR 26N65W TO NW HAITI THIS EVENING. THE PORTION OF THE FRONT N 
OF 26N WILL MOVE E OF THE AREA TONIGHT WHILE THE PORTION S OF 26N 
BECOMES STATIONARY FROM NEAR 26N65W TO HAITI. THE STATIONARY FRONT
WILL THEN GRADUALLY WEAKEN TO A TROUGH THAT DRIFTS BACK TO THE W 
ACROSS THE SE BAHAMAS BY SUN. STRONG HIGH PRES BUILDING ACROSS THE
AREA BEHIND THE FRONT WILL WEAKEN SAT AS ANOTHER COLD FRONT 
APPROACHES THE FAR NW PORTION. THIS COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP ACROSS 
THE NORTHERN WATERS THROUGH LATE SUN NIGHT FOLLOWED BY HIGH PRES 
THAT BUILDS OVER THE BASIN.

.THIS AFTERNOON...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.TONIGHT...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT S OF 27N...AND N TO NE 10 TO
15 KT N OF 27N. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT S OF 27N...AND 5 TO 7 FT N OF 27N. 
.FRI...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT S OF 27N...AND NE 10 TO 15 KT N
OF 27N. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT S OF 27N...AND 3 TO 4 FT N OF 27N. 
.FRI NIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT S OF 27N...AND E 10 TO 15 
KT N OF 27N. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT S OF 27N...AND 3 TO 4 FT N OF 27N. 
.SAT...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT S OF 27N...AND S WINDS 10 TO 15
KT N OF 27N. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT S OF 27N...AND 3 TO 4 FT N OF 27N.
.SAT NIGHT...N OF 27N...SW TO W WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.
S OF 27N...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
.SUN...N OF 27N...NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. S OF
27N...N TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
.SUN NIGHT...N TO NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT N OF 27N...AND N TO NE WINDS
10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT N OF 27N...AND 3 TO 5 FT S 
OF 27N.
.MON...N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT N OF 27N...AND 3
TO 5 FT S OF 27N. 
.MON NIGHT...S OF 27N...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. N OF
27N....N TO NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...SHIFTING TO SE TO S LATE. SEAS 
4 TO 6 FT IN N TO NE SWELL.