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FZNT25 KNHC 081510
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
942 AM EST TUE DEC 8 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 EXTENDS FROM THE STRAITS OF
FLORIDA TO A 1012 MB LOW PRESSURE JUST E OF COZUMEL MEXICO. THE
LOW WILL MOVE E-NE ACROSS THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY PUSHING THE FRONT
SE INTO THE YUCATAN CHANNEL...AND INTO THE FAR NW CARIBBEAN BY
THIS EVENING. A RIDGE EXTENDING FROM THE SE UNITED STATES WILL
DOMINATE THE GULF WATERS THE REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST PERIOD.
SOUTHERLY RETURN FLOW WILL SET UP ACROSS THE WESTERN GULF BY
THU. THESE INCREASING SLY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST THROUGH
SAT. 

.TODAY...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KT LATE
IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.TONIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.WED...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING N TO NE 5 TO 10 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 FT EARLY IN THE MORNING...SUBSIDING TO 2 FT OR
LESS. 
.WED NIGHT...N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. 
.THU...N TO NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. 
.THU NIGHT...N TO NE 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. 
.SAT...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...INCREASING TO 15 TO
20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...A STATIONARY FRONT EXTENDS FROM 31N71W TO THE NW
BAHAMAS...AND ACROSS THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA. A COLD FRONT IS
BEHIND THE STATIONARY FRONT FROM 31N74W TO THE NW BAHAMAS. THE
FRONTS WILL MERGE THIS AFTERNOON WITH THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE
MERGED FRONT MOVING EASTWARD WHILE THE SOUTHERN PORTION WILL
CONTINUE TO MEANDER ACROSS THE NW BAHAMAS AND THE STRAITS OF
FLORIDA THROUGH THU. A COUPLE OF LOW PRESSURE CENTERS ARE
FORECAST TO DEVELOP ALONG THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY. ONE WILL BE
BETWEEN FLORIDA AND THE NW BAHAMAS BY WED EVENING...AND WILL
MOVE ALONG THE FRONT INTO FRI NIGHT.

.TODAY...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS S OF 27N...
AND 4 TO 6 FT N OF 27N. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.TONIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS S OF
27N...AND 4 TO 6 FT N OF 27N. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
TSTMS. 
.WED...S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT S OF 27N...AND E TO SE 10 TO 15 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. 
.WED NIGHT...S OF 27N...SW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. N OF 27N...SE WINDS
10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING SE TO S 5 TO 10 KT IN THE LATE EVENING AND
EARLY MORNING... THEN...SHIFTING TO SW TO W EARLY IN THE
MORNING. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS S OF 27N...AND 3 TO 5 FT N OF 27N. 
.THU...W TO NW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...SHIFTING TO SW TO W IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS S OF 27N...AND 3 TO 4 FT N OF 27N. 
.THU NIGHT...NW TO N WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS S OF
27N...AND 3 TO 4 FT N OF 27N. 
.FRI...N TO 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 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS S OF
27N...AND 3 TO 4 FT N OF 27N. 
.SAT...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...INCREASING TO 10 TO 15 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS S OF 27N...AND 3 TO 4 FT N OF 27N. 
.SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT S OF 27N...AND
4 TO 6 FT N OF 27N.