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FZNT25 KNHC 071528
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1028 AM EST MON DEC 7 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...AN OLD STATIONARY FRONT CONTINUES FROM THE FLORIDA
KEYS W-SW TO THE NW YUCATAN PENINSULA AND WILL MEANDER THERE
THROUGH THIS EVENING. A WEAK FRONTAL TROUGH WILL SWEEP ACROSS
THE NORTHERN GULF TODAY WITH HIGH PRES BEHIND REINFORCING THE
PRES GRADIENT ALONG THE FRONT THROUGH THIS EVENING. THIS WILL
ALSO PUSH THE STATIONARY FRONT SE AND ACROSS THE STRAITS OF
FLORIDA AND THE YUCATAN PENINSULA THIS EVENING THROUGH TUE AND
INTO FAR NW CARIBBEAN TUE NIGHT AND WED. HIGH PRES CENTERED OVER
THE N-CENTRAL WATERS WILL DOMINATE THE GULF DURING THE REMAINDER
OF THE PERIOD...WITH SOUTHERLY RETURN FLOW EXPECTED ACROSS THE
NW GULF BY THU. 

.TODAY...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.TONIGHT...NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...DIMINISHING TO 15 TO 20 KT
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
TSTMS. 
.TUE...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS. 
.TUE NIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...DIMINISHING TO 10 TO
15 KT EARLY IN THE MORNING. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS. 
.WED...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT IN THE MORNING...
SUBSIDING TO 2 FT OR LESS. 
.WED NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. 
.THU...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...DIMINISHING TO 5 TO 10 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. 
.THU NIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. 
.FRI...NE TO E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. 
.FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...A STATIONARY FRONT EXTENDS FROM 30N65W TO 26.5N76W
THEN W-SW ACROSS THE FLORIDA KEYS AND INTO SE GULF OF MEXICO...
WHERE IT WILL MEANDER THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON AND PRODUCE FRESH
NE TO E WINDS AND MODERATE NE SWELL NW OF THE FRONT. A WEAK
FRONTAL TROUGH FROM THE GEORGIA COASTAL WATERS S TO THE OFFSHORE
WATERS OF CENTRAL FLORIDA WILL BEGIN TO SHIFT SE THIS AFTERNOON
AND EVENING AND GRADUALLY MERGE WITH THIS OLD FRONTAL BOUNDARY
ON TUE... ALLOWING FRESH NORTHERLY WINDS TO BUILD ACROSS NW
PORTIONS. THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE MERGED FRONT WILL MOVE
EASTWARD WHILE THE SOUTHERN PORTION WILL CONTINUE TO MEANDER
ACROSS THE NW BAHAMAS AND THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA THROUGH WED.
THE NEXT COLD FRONT IS FORECAST TO SWEEP ACROSS THE N WATERS ON
THU.

.TODAY...S OF 27N...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING NE TO E 5 TO
10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. N OF 27N...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...
BECOMING NW 15 TO 20 KT LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS
S OF 27N...AND 5 TO 7 FT N OF 27N. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
TSTMS. 
.TONIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N...AND N 15 TO 20 KT
N OF 27N. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS S OF 27N...AND 4 TO 6 FT N OF 27N.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.TUE...S OF 27N...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. N OF 27N...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. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.TUE NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS S OF 27N...
AND 4 TO 6 FT N OF 27N. SCATTERED SHOWERS. 
.WED...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...DIMINISHING TO 5 TO 10 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS S OF 27N...AND 3 TO 5 FT N OF 27N. 
.WED NIGHT...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS S OF 27N...AND
3 TO 4 FT N OF 27N. 
.THU...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS S OF 27N...AND 3 TO
4 FT N OF 27N. 
.THU NIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS S OF
27N...AND 3 TO 4 FT N OF 27N. 
.FRI...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS S OF 27N...AND 3 TO
4 FT N OF 27N. 
.FRI NIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS S OF
27N...AND 3 TO 5 FT N OF 27N.