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FZNT27 KNHC 090901
OFFN06

NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
401 AM EST WED MAR 9 2016

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

.SYNOPSIS...NEAR GALE TO GALE FORCE WINDS ARE FOUND OVER
PORTIONS OF THE NW AND N CENTRAL GULF THIS MORNING. THE FRONT
WILL LIE FROM NEAR CORPUS CHRISTI TEXAS TO TAMPICO MEXICO
TONIGHT...WITH GALE FORCE WINDS EXPECTED AHEAD OF THE FRONT INTO
THU MORNING. THE FRONT WILL WEAKEN AS IT STRETCHES FROM PALACIOS
TEXAS TO MEXICO NEAR 18N95W THU NIGHT...THEN SLOWLY DRIFTS
E...STRETCHING FROM PENSACOLA BAY TO THE N CENTRAL YUCATAN BY
SAT NIGHT AND DISSIPATES FROM THE FLORIDA BIG BEND TO 24N89W SUN
NIGHT. 

NORTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO

...GALE WARNING...

.TODAY...SE TO S WINDS 25 TO 30 KT...WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO GALE
FORCE. SEAS 8 TO 13 FT IN SE SWELL. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
ISOLATED TSTMS.
.TONIGHT...SE WINDS 25 TO 35 KT. SEAS 9 TO 14 FT IN SE SWELL.
SCATTERED TSTMS. 
.THU...SE TO S WINDS 25 TO 35 KT...SHIFTING TO S 20 TO 25 KT
LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 9 TO 14 FT IN SE SWELL. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.THU NIGHT...SE TO S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT IN SE
SWELL. SCATTERED SHOWERS. 
.FRI...S TO SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT IN E TO SE
SWELL. 
.FRI NIGHT...S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT IN E TO SE
SWELL. 
.SAT...SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SUN...S TO SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 5 FT. 
.SUN NIGHT...S TO SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.  

NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO

...GALE WARNING...

.TODAY...SE WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT IN SE SWELL. 
.TONIGHT...SE WINDS 20 TO 30 KT...WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO GALE
FORCE. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT IN SE SWELL. 
.THU...SE WINDS 20 TO 30 KT...WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO GALE
FORCE. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT IN SE TO S SWELL. 
.THU NIGHT...SE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT IN SE TO S
SWELL. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.FRI...SE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. 
.FRI NIGHT...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. 
.SAT...SE TO S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.SUN...SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SUN NIGHT...SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT.