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FZNT25 KNHC 082128
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
428 PM 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 ACROSS THE STRAITS OF
FLORIDA ALONG THE FLORIDA KEYS THROUGH THE CENTRAL YUCATAN
CHANNEL TO A LOW IN THE CARIBBEAN SEA. THE LOW WILL MOVE E-NE
ALONG THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY PUSHING THE FRONT FURTHER INTO THE NW
CARIBBEAN. A SURFACE RIDGE EXTENDING FROM THE SE UNITED STATES
WILL DOMINATE THE GULF WATERS WITH A SURFACE HIGH EXPECTED TO
SETTLE OVER THE NW GULF WED MOVING INTO THE CENTRAL GULF THU
NIGHT. THIS WILL GIVE THE W GULF SOUTHERLY RETURN FLOW WITH THE
PRES GRADIENT INCREASING BRIEFLY SAT AHEAD OF THE NEXT FRONT
EXPECTED TO ENTER THE NW GULF SUN MORNING AND REACHING THE NE
GULF TO E BAY OF CAMPECHE SUN NIGHT. 

.TONIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.WED...N TO NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT IN THE MORNING...
SUBSIDING TO 2 FT OR LESS. 
.WED NIGHT...N WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...SHIFTING TO N TO NE 10 TO
15 KT IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. 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...BUILDING
TO 3 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
.SAT...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. 
.SUN...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 
.SUN NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...THE COLD FRONT HAS MERGED WITH THE STATIONARY FRONT
AND EXTENDS FROM 31N69W TO 27N76W BECOMING STATIONARY AGAIN
ACROSS N BAHAMA ISLANDS TO STRAITS OF FLORIDA NEAR 25N80W. THE
COLD FRONT WILL MOVE EASTWARD WHILE THE STATIONARY PORTION WILL
CONTINUE TO MEANDER ACROSS THE NW BAHAMAS AND THE STRAITS OF
FLORIDA THROUGH THU. A LOW PRESSURE CENTER IS FORECAST TO
DEVELOP ALONG THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY BETWEEN FLORIDA AND THE NW
BAHAMAS BY WED EVENING...AND WILL MOVE NE ALONG THE FRONT INTO
FRI NIGHT. HIGH PRES WILL THEN DOMINATE THE BASIN SAT AND SUN.

.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
5 TO 10 KT...SHIFTING TO W TO NW EARLY IN THE MORNING. SEAS 2 FT
OR LESS S OF 27N...AND 3 TO 5 FT N OF 27N. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.THU...S OF 27N...NW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. N OF 27N...NW TO N WINDS
5 TO 10 KT...SHIFTING TO NE IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
SEAS 2 FT OR LESS S OF 27N...AND 3 TO 4 FT N OF 27N. 
.THU NIGHT...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...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 5 FT N OF 27N. 
.SAT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. S OF 27N...SEAS 3 FT IN THE MORNING...
SUBSIDING TO 2 FT OR LESS. N OF 27N...SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. S OF 27N...SEAS 2 FT OR
LESS...BUILDING TO 3 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. N OF 27N...SEAS 4 TO
6 FT. 
.SUN...E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS S OF 27N...
AND 4 TO 6 FT N OF 27N. 
.SUN NIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS S OF
27N...AND 4 TO 6 FT N OF 27N.