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FZNT25 KNHC 161501
OFFN04

NAVTEX Marine Forecast
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL
1001 AM EST Sat Dec 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 stationary front extending from Tampa Florida to
26N89W to 24N94W to 19N95W will lift northward as a warm front
through tonight, with weak low pres of 1016 mb developing near
30N95W. The low will move northward near the Texas coast through
late tonight and inland NE Texas and SW Louisiana on Sunday.
High pres will settle in over the area Sunday evening through
Monday night, then move eastward Tuesday evening through
Wednesday as a weak cold front moves across the northern waters.
 

.TODAY...NE to E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. 
.TONIGHT...E winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. 
.SUN...E to SE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. 
.SUN NIGHT...E to SE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. 
.MON...E to SE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. 
.MON NIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. 
.TUE...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. 
.TUE NIGHT...SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. 
.WED...SE to S winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. 
.WED NIGHT...SE to S winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less.  

Within 200 nm east of the coast of Florida

.SYNOPSIS...A cold front extends from 31N69W to inland central 
Florida just S of Cape Canaveral. A second cold front is along 
31N between 74W and 77W. This second front will quickly merge 
with the first front today, with the merged front quickly moving
across the northern and central waters through through early on 
Sunday. High pres will build eastward across the area in the wake 
of the front. Winds will become fresh between the Bahamas and 
Cuba, including the Straits of Florida, tonight through early 
Tuesday. These winds will be confined to over the waters between 
the SE Bahamas and northern Hispaniola through Wednesday including
the Windward Passage. 

.TODAY...N to NE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. 
.TONIGHT...NE to E winds 15 to 20 kt S of 27N, and NE to E 10 to
15 kt N of 27N. Seas 3 to 5 ft S of 27N, and 2 to 3 ft N of 27N.
.SUN...E winds 15 to 20 kt S of 27N, and E to SE 10 to 15 kt N of
27N. Seas 3 to 5 ft S of 27N, and 2 to 3 ft N of 27N. 
.SUN NIGHT...NE to E winds 15 to 20 kt S of 27N, and E to SE
10 to 15 kt N of 27N. Seas 3 to 5 ft. 
.MON...E winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. 
.MON NIGHT...E to SE winds 15 to 20 kt S of 27N, and SE to S winds 
5 to 10 kt N of 27N. Seas 3 to 5 ft S of 27N, and 4 to 6 ft N of
27N.
.TUE...S of 27N, E winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. N of 27N,
S to SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...SE winds 10 to 15 kt, except N of 27N S to SW winds 
10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft.
.WED...S winds 10 to 15 kt, except N of 27N SW to W winds 10 to 15
kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
.WED NIGHT...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt S of 27N, and SE to S winds 
5 to 10 kt N of 27N. Seas 3 to 5 ft.