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FZNT25 KNHC 051516
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1016 AM EST SAT DEC 5 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 PERSISTS FROM JUST S OF FLORIDA
KEYS THROUGH THE YUCATAN CHANNEL. THE PRES GRADIENT BETWEEN THE
FRONT AND STRONG HIGH PRES N OF AREA WILL SUPPORT AN AREA OF
FRESH TO STRONG WINDS ACROSS THE GULF WATERS E OF 90W THROUGH
EARLY SUN. FRONT TO WEAKEN AND DRIFT NW TONIGHT AND SUN AS HIGH
PRES SHIFTS E AND WEAKENS ACROSS BASIN. A SECOND PUSH OF COLD
AIR WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE BASIN MON FROM NW TO SE...AND PUSH
THE FRONTAL REMNANTS SE ACROSS STRAITS OF FLORIDA TO NE YUCATAN
TUE AND WED. STRONG TO NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS MAY DEVELOP NEAR
VERACRUZ ON MON. 

.TODAY...NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. SCATTERED TSTMS. 
.TONIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.SUN...NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...BECOMING NE 15 TO 20 KT LATE
IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
TSTMS. 
.SUN NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.MON...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.MON NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.
.TUE...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.WED...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT IN THE MORNING...SUBSIDING
TO 2 FT OR LESS. 
.WED NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...STATIONARY FRONT EXTENDS FROM 31N58W TO 1019 MB LOW
PRES NEAR 28.5N74W THEN CONTINUES SW ACROSS NW BAHAMAS AND
THROUGH STRAITS OF FLORIDA TO YUCATAN CHANNEL. STRONG TO MINIMAL
GALE FORCE WINDS WILL CONTINUE N OF THE FRONT E OF 80W THROUGH
THIS EVENING AS FRONT MEANDERS AND WEAK LOW PRES SHIFTS NE ALONG
FRONT. PORTION OF FRONT E OF 70W WILL LIFT N OF AREA LATE SUN AS
ATLC RIDGE BUILDS W ALONG 27N. LINGERING FRONT ACROSS NW
PORTIONS WILL DRIFT NW AND BECOME DIFFUSE MON...THEN BE
OVERTAKEN BY NEW COLD FRONT MOVING SE INTO THE AREA MON
NIGHT...REACHING FROM NEAR BERMUDA TO STRAITS OF FLORIDA TUE
EVENING.

.TODAY...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N...AND NE 25 TO 30 KT
N OF 27N. SEAS 3 FT S OF 27N...AND 7 TO 10 FT N OF 27N. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.TONIGHT...S OF 27N...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...INCREASING TO
15 TO 20 KT IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. N OF 27N...NE TO E
WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT S OF 27N...AND 7 TO 10 FT N OF
27N. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.SUN...S OF 27N...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. N OF 27N...NE TO E
WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...DIMINISHING TO 15 TO 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON.
SEAS 3 TO 5 FT S OF 27N...AND 6 TO 9 FT N OF 27N. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N...AND E 15 TO 20 KT N
OF 27N. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT S OF 27N...AND 5 TO 7 FT N OF 27N.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.MON...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...SHIFTING TO NE IN THE AFTERNOON.
SEAS 2 FT OR LESS S OF 27N...AND 4 TO 6 FT N OF 27N. 
.MON NIGHT...N TO NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS S OF
27N...AND 4 TO 6 FT N OF 27N. 
.TUE...N TO NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING NE 10 TO 15 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS S OF 27N...AND 4 TO 6 FT N OF 27N. 
.TUE NIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT S OF 27N...AND
4 TO 6 FT N OF 27N. 
.WED...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS S OF 27N...AND 3 TO
5 FT N OF 27N. 
.WED NIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS S OF
27N...AND 3 TO 5 FT N OF 27N.