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FZNT25 KNHC 160919
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
419 AM EST MON FEB 16 2015

...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 WILL PUSH INTO THE NW GULF BY
TONIGHT...EXTEND FROM THE FLORIDA BIG BEND TO THE SW GULF TUE
AND PASS SE OF THE GULF WED. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH GALE
FORCE BEHIND THE FRONT ALONG THE COAST OF VERACRUZ WED. A RIDGE
WILL MOVE E ACROSS THE GULF WED THROUGH THU NIGHT BEHIND THE
FRONT. SE RETURN FLOW WILL BUILD IN THE W GULF WED NIGHT AND
EXPAND E BEHIND THE RIDGE. 

.TODAY...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. 
.TONIGHT...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 
.TUE...SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.TUE NIGHT...W WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING NW 15 TO 20 KT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.WED...N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.WED NIGHT...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. 
.THU...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.THU NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.FRI...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...A COLD FRONT FROM 26N65W TO THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA
WILL WEAKEN OVER THE FAR SE AND S PORTIONS THROUGH TONIGHT.
INCREASING SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL DEVELOP OVER NW WATERS MON NIGHT
IN ADVANCE OF A ANOTHER COLD FRONT EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE FAR
NW PORTION EARLY TUE NIGHT. THIS FRONT WILL REACH FROM NEAR
BERMUDA TO EASTERN CUBA WED NIGHT...FROM NEAR 26N65W TO
HISPANIOLA NEAR 20N71W THU NIGHT AND WEAKEN AS IT REACHES FROM
NEAR 24N65W TO NEAR 20N70W FRI. GALE FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED
OVER THE FAR NORTHERN FORECAST WATERS AHEAD OF THE FRONT.

...GALE CONDITIONS POSSIBLE...

.TODAY...S OF 27N...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. N OF 27N...E WINDS 5 TO
10 KT...BECOMING SE 10 TO 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
.TONIGHT...S OF 27N...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...INCREASING TO 15 TO
20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. N OF 27N...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING
S 20 TO 25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 FT S OF 27N...AND 4 TO 6 FT
N OF 27N. 
.TUE...S OF 27N...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT
IN THE AFTERNOON. N OF 27N...SW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...EXCEPT 25 TO
35 KT N OF 30N. SEAS 3 FT S OF 27N...AND 6 TO 8 FT N OF 27N.
.TUE NIGHT...SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N...AND SW 20 TO 25 KT N
OF 27N. SEAS 3 FT S OF 27N...AND 5 TO 7 FT N OF 27N. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.WED...NW WINDS 25 TO 30 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT S OF 27N...AND 6 TO
8 FT N OF 27N. 
.WED NIGHT...NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT S OF 27N...AND
6 TO 8 FT N OF 27N. 
.THU...NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT S OF 27N...AND 6 TO
8 FT N OF 27N. 
.THU NIGHT...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT S OF 27N...AND
5 TO 7 FT N OF 27N. 
.FRI...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.FRI NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.