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FZNT25 KNHC 171521
OFFN04

NAVTEX Marine Forecast
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL
1021 AM EST Sun Dec 17 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 SE Louisiana to 26N94W
to Tampico Mexico will stall this afternoon and transition to a
frontal trough. The trough will then lift northwestward tonight
to inland Texas early on Monday. High pres will settle in over
the area tonight through Monday night, then slide eastward to
the eastern gulf Tuesday night through Thursday as a weak cold
front moves across the northern waters and to E of the Gulf on
Thursday.  

.TODAY...E to SE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft, except 5 to 
7 ft Straits of Florida.
.TONIGHT...E winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft, except 5 to 7 ft 
Straits of Florida. Isolated showers.
.MON...E winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft, except 5 to 7 ft
Straits of Florida. Isolated showers.
.MON NIGHT...E winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft, except 5 to 7 ft
Straits of Florida.
.TUE...E winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. 
.TUE NIGHT...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. 
.WED...SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. 
.WED NIGHT...E winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft.
.THU...E to SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft. 
.THU NIGHT...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. 

Within 200 nm east of the coast of Florida

.SYNOPSIS...A stationary front from 26N65W to 25N73W and to the 
Central Bahamas will dissipate through tonight. High pres
ridging will build over the northern waters through Monday, then
begin to weaken and shift southeastward through early Wednesday
as the southern portion of a cold front quickly moves across the 
northern waters. The high pres ridge will set up along 25N on 
Thursday as low pres moves off the SE United States coast, with an
associated cold front dropping S to near 29N. Strong SW winds 
will precede the cold front. 

.TODAY...S of 27N, NE to E winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
N of 27N, E to SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft.
.TONIGHT...NE to E winds 15 to 20 kt S of 27N, and E to SE 5 to 
10 kt N of 27N. Seas 3 to 4 ft S of 27N, and 2 to 3 ft N of 27N. 
.MON...E winds 15 to 20 kt S of 27N, and E to SE 10 to 15 kt N of
27N. Seas 3 ft until late afternoon, subsiding to 2 ft or less. 
.MON NIGHT...NE to E winds 10 to 15 kt S of 27N, and SE 10 to
15 kt N of 27N. Seas 3 to 5 ft S of 27N, and 3 to 4 ft N of 27N.
.TUE...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. 
.TUE NIGHT...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. 
.WED...S of 27N, E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. N of
27N, SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
.WED NIGHT...S of 27N, SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. N of
27N, SW winds 15 to 20 kt. seas 4 to 6 ft. 
.THU...S of 27N, E to SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. N of
27N, W to NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft.
.THU NIGHT...S of 27N, E winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. N of
27N, W to NW winds less than 5 kt. seas 3 to 5 ft in NE swell.