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FZNT25 KNHC 010316
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1016 PM EST SAT FEB 28 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 STATIONARY FRONT MEANDERING FROM EXTREME S FLORIDA
WESTWARD ACROSS THE SE WATERS TO 25N87W THEN CONTINUES NW AS
WEAK WARM FRONT TO 25N95W...WILL DRIFT NORTHWARD AND ACROSS N
PORTIONS THROUGH SUN NIGHT WHILE GRADUALLY DISSIPATING.
MEANWHILE...A SURFACE TROUGH WILL PREVAIL OVER W PORTIONS
THROUGH THE WEEKEND. HIGH PRES ALONG THE MID ATLC COAST EXTENDS
SW ACROSS THE NORTHERN WATERS AND WILL PRODUCE FRESH TO STRONG
WINDS EARLY TONIGHT...THEN GRADUALLY WEAKEN THROUGH SUN...BEFORE
SE RETURN FLOW DEVELOPS OVER THE WESTERN GULF MON...AND SPREADS
OVER THE ENTIRE REGION TUE. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL ENTER THE
FAR NW WATERS WED EVENING WITH STRONG TO GALE FORCE N WINDS
SPREADING ACROSS W PORTIONS BEHIND FRONT WED NIGHT AND THU.
FRONT TO REACH FROM CENTRAL FLORIDA TO CENTRAL BAY OF CAMPECHE
BY THU EVENING. 

.TONIGHT...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. ISOLATED SHOWERS.
.SUN...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SUN NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
.MON...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.MON NIGHT...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.TUE...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.TUE NIGHT...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.WED...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.WED NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 
.THU...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 
.THU NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...A STATIONARY FRONT EXTENDING FROM 31N65W THROUGH FAR
NW BAHAMAS AND ACROSS S FLORIDA WILL DRIFT NORTHWARD W OF 70W
AND GRADUALLY DISSIPATE THROUGH SUN. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD
ACROSS W ATLC IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT SUN...THEN SHIFT EASTWARD
AHEAD OF NEXT COLD FRONT ENTERING THE FORECAST AREA MON. THIS
NEXT FRONT WILL SHIFT RAPIDLY E AND PASS ACROSS THE NORTHERN
WATERS THEN MOVE E OF THE AREA BY EARLY TUE AS NEW HIGH PRESSURE
AGAIN BUILDS BEHIND THE FRONT.

.TONIGHT...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT S OF 27N...AND E 20 TO 25 KT N OF
27N. SEAS 3 FT S OF 27N...AND 6 TO 8 FT N OF 27N. SCATTERED
SHOWERS. 
.SUN...S OF 27N...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. N OF 27N...E WINDS 15 TO
20 KT...BECOMING SE 10 TO 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT
S OF 27N...AND 6 TO 9 FT N OF 27N. 
.SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT S OF 27N...AND SE 10 TO 15 KT N
OF 27N. SEAS 3 FT S OF 27N...AND 4 TO 6 FT N OF 27N. 
.MON...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N...AND NE 5 TO 10 KT N OF 27N.
SEAS 3 FT S OF 27N...AND 4 TO 6 FT N OF 27N. 
.MON NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
.TUE...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT S OF 27N...AND 4 TO 6 FT N
OF 27N. 
.TUE NIGHT...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT S OF 27N...AND
4 TO 6 FT N OF 27N. 
.WED...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT S OF 27N...AND 4 TO 6 FT N
OF 27N. 
.WED NIGHT...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT S OF 27N...AND 4 TO
6 FT N OF 27N. 
.THU...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 
.THU NIGHT...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT S OF 27N...AND 5 TO
7 FT N OF 27N.