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FZNT27 KNHC 011518
OFFN06

NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1118 AM EDT FRI APR 1 2016

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

.SYNOPSIS...A COLD FRONT OVER THE FAR NW GULF WATERS WILL REACH
FROM THE MISSISSIPPI DELTA TO TAMPICO MEXICO THIS EVENING...FROM
THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE TO THE BAY OF CAMPECHE EARLY SAT...AND
PASS E THROUGH THE FLORIDA STRAITS ON SUN AFTERNOON. GALE FORCE
WINDS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE FAR SW WATERS ALONG THE COAST OF
MEXICO LATE TONIGHT AND PERSIST THROUGH EARLY SAT EVENING.
SOUTHERLY RETURN FLOW WILL DEVELOP OVER THE NW WATERS ON SUN
EVENING AND SPREAD E ACROSS THE ENTIRE GULF BY LATE TUE NIGHT. 

NORTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO

...GALE WARNING...

.THIS AFTERNOON...E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.TONIGHT...WITHIN 60 NM OF COAST N WINDS 25 TO 30 KT WITH
FREQUENT GUSTS TO GALE FORCE. ELSEWHERE N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS
6 TO 9 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS.
.SAT...N TO NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...N TO NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.SUN...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT...SUBSIDING TO 2 FT
OR LESS. 
.MON...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. 
.MON NIGHT...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. 
.TUE...E TO SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. 
.TUE NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS.  

NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO

.THIS AFTERNOON...S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.TONIGHT...S TO SW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.SAT...NW TO N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.SAT NIGHT...N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.SUN...N TO NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.SUN NIGHT...N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.MON...N TO NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. 
.MON NIGHT...NW TO N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. 
.TUE...N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. 
.TUE NIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS.