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FZNT25 KNHC 241512
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1112 AM EDT MON APR 24 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 SARASOTA FLORIDA TO
OFFSHORE OF VERACRUZ MEXICO WILL REACH FROM SW FLORIDA TO THE
YUCATAN PENINSULA THIS AFTERNOON...THEN MOVE SE OF THE AREA LATE
THIS EVENING. HIGH PRES WILL SHIFT FROM THE NW GULF TO THE SE
GULF IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT THROUGH TUE. EXPECT INCREASING
SOUTHERLY WINDS AND BUILDING SEAS ACROSS THE WESTERN HALF OF THE
GULF ON WED AHEAD OF THE NEXT COLD FRONT FORECAST TO ENTER THE
REGION LATE WED NIGHT AND THEN STALL ACROSS NW PORTIONS THU
BEFORE SHIFTING NW AND INLAND FRI. 

.THIS AFTERNOON...W TO NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
ISOLATED SHOWERS. 
.TONIGHT...NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.TUE...W TO NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.TUE NIGHT...W WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...SHIFTING TO SE TO S LATE. SEAS
3 TO 4 FT...SUBSIDING TO 2 FT OR LESS. 
.WED...SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. 
.WED NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS...BUILDING
TO 3 FT LATE. 
.THU...SE TO S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 
.THU NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 
.FRI...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 
.FRI NIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...1005 MB LOW PRES NEAR 28N77W WITH TROUGH TRAILING 
SSW INTO CENTRAL CUBA THIS MORNING. LOW WILL MOVE NNE AND EXIT 
THE AREA LATE TODAY WITH BRIEF GALES E OF CENTER. A COLD FRONT 
WILL ENTER THE NW WATERS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON AND MOVE 
SE...REACHING FROM 31N73W TO CENTRAL CUBA BY TUE EVENING WHERE 
IT WILL STALL AND DISSIPATE. THE PRES GRADIENT BETWEEN THE LOW 
AND HIGH PRES TO THE EAST WILL RESULT IN A BROAD ZONE OF STRONG 
SE TO S WINDS OCCURRING ACROSS THE E HALF OF WATERS TODAY THAT 
WILL GRADUALLY SHIFT E AND EXIT THE AREA TUE THROUGH WED. HIGH 
PRES WILL DOMINATE THE ENTIRE AREA THU AND FRI.

.THIS AFTERNOON...W WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N...AND SW TO W
10 TO 15 KT N OF 27N. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS S OF 27N...AND 4 TO 6 FT
N OF 27N. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.TONIGHT...W WINDS 15 TO 20 KT S OF 27N...AND SW TO W 15 TO 20 KT
N OF 27N. S OF 27N...SEAS 2 FT OR LESS...BUILDING TO 3 FT LATE. N
OF 27N...SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.TUE...W TO NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT S OF 27N...AND W 15 TO 20 KT N
OF 27N. S OF 27N...SEAS 3 FT IN THE MORNING...SUBSIDING TO 2 FT OR
LESS. N OF 27N...SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.TUE NIGHT...S OF 27N...NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...SHIFTING TO E TO
SE 5 TO 10 KT LATE. N OF 27N...SW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR
LESS S OF 27N...AND 4 TO 6 FT N OF 27N. 
.WED...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS S OF 27N...AND 3 TO
5 FT N OF 27N. 
.WED NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS S OF 27N...
AND 3 TO 5 FT N OF 27N. 
.THU...SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS S OF 27N...
AND 3 TO 5 FT N OF 27N. 
.THU NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS S OF 27N...
AND 3 TO 5 FT N OF 27N. 
.FRI...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS S OF 27N...AND
3 TO 5 FT N OF 27N. 
.FRI NIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. S OF 27N...SEAS 2 FT OR
LESS...BUILDING TO 3 FT LATE. N OF 27N...SEAS 3 TO 4 FT.