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FZNT27 KNHC 160941
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
441 AM EST WED DEC 16 2015

...PLEASE REFER TO COASTAL WATERS FORECASTS (CWF) AVAILABLE
THROUGH NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER MEANS FOR DETAILED
COASTAL WATERS FORECASTS...

.SYNOPSIS...A WEAK FRONT FROM NEAR CEDAR KEY FLORIDA 28N90W TO
INLAND CENTRAL TEXAS WILL LIFT N OF THE GULF THIS AFTERNOON IN
RESPONSE TO A STRONG COLD FRONT THAT WILL MOVE OFF THE COAST OF
THE TEXAS COAST THIS MORNING. THE FRONT WILL REACH FROM NEAR
SOUTHERN LOUISIANA TO NEAR TAMPICO MEXICO THIS EVENING...FROM
NEAR MOBILE BAY TO VERACRUZ EARLY THU...FROM NEAR APALACHICOLA
TO 25N90W TO 19N94W EARLY THU EVENING...FROM NEAR CEDAR KEY
FLORIDA TO NW YUCATAN PENINSULA EARLY FRI...AND FROM THE STRAITS
OF FLORIDA TO NW CUBA TO NE YUCATAN PENINSULA EARLY FRI EVENING.
THE FRONT WILL CONTINUE SE OF THE GULF...AND ACROSS THE NW
CARIBBEAN DURING FRI NIGHT. STRONG HIGH PRESSURE WILL FOLLOW IN
THE WAKE OF WITH MODERATE TO STRONG NLY WINDS...AND WITH WINDS
EXPECTED TO REACH GALE FORCE OVER A PORTION OF THE SW GULF
BEGINNING LATE THU AFTERNOON OR EVENING INTO FRI. THE STRONG
HIGH PRESSURE WILL SHIFT E JUST N OF THE GULF THROUGH SAT...AND
NE TO THE CAROLINAS ON SUN ALLOWING FOR WINDS AND SEAS TO
DIMINISH. 

NORTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO

.TODAY...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...EXCEPT W OF 95W BECOMING N 15 TO
20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. ISOLATED SHOWERS
.TONIGHT...NW TO N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS BETWEEN 90W AND 94W.
.THU...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.THU NIGHT...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING NW TO N 20 TO 25 KT
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT W OF 94W...AND 5 TO 7 FT BETWEEN
90W AND 94W. 
.FRI...N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...BECOMING N TO NE 15 TO 20 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT W OF 94W...AND 6 TO 8 FT BETWEEN 90W
AND 94W.
.FRI NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SAT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SUN...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SUN NIGHT...SE TO S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.

NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO

.TODAY...SE TO S WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO  3 FT. 
.TONIGHT...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.THU...SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...SHIFTING TO W TO NW IN THE AFTERNOON.
SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS E OF 87W.
.THU NIGHT...NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING NW TO N 15 TO 20 KT
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
TSTMS EARLY E OF 87W.
.FRI...NW TO N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...BECOMING N 15 TO 20 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.FRI NIGHT...N TO NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.SAT...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...NE TO 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 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.