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FZNT25 KNHC 090303
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1003 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 SOUTH OF THE FLORIDA KEYS THROUGH THE E YUCATAN CHANNEL
TO A LOW IN THE CARIBBEAN SEA. THE LOW WILL MOVE E-NE ALONG THE
FRONTAL BOUNDARY PUSHING THE FRONT EAST OVER 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 SURFACE
RIDGE WILL GIVE THE W GULF SOUTHERLY RETURN FLOW. THE PRES
GRADIENT WILL INCREASE BRIEFLY SAT AHEAD OF THE NEXT FRONT
EXPECTED TO ENTER THE NW GULF SUN MORNING AND REACHING THE NE
GULF TO NW YUCATAN PENINSULA 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 10 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... 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...COLD FRONT FROM 31N65W TO 27N75W BECOMING STATIONARY
ACROSS NW BAHAMA ISLANDS TO STRAITS OF FLORIDA NEAR 25N80W. THE
COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE EASTWARD WHILE THE STATIONARY PORTION
WILL CONTINUE TO MEANDER ACROSS THE NW BAHAMAS AND THE STRAITS
OF FLORIDA THROUGH WED EVENING. A LOW PRESSURE CENTER IS
FORECAST TO DEVELOP ALONG THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY BETWEEN FLORIDA
AND THE NW BAHAMAS WED EVENING...AND WILL MOVE NE ALONG THE
FRONT DRAGGING THE STATIONARY PORTION OF FRONT EASTWARD INTO
FRI. FRI NIGHT THE LOW PRES WILL BE NE OF THE AREA AS THE FRONT
CONTINUES EASTWARD. HIGH PRES WILL THEN DOMINATE THE NW S ATLC
SAT AND SUN.

.TONIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS. 
.WED...S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT S OF 27N...AND E TO SE 10 TO 15 KT N OF
27N. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS. 
.WED NIGHT...S OF 27N...SW TO W WINDS LESS THAN 5 KT. N OF 27N...
E TO SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...SHIFTING TO NW AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS
3 TO 4 FT. 
.THU...NW TO N WINDS LESS THAN 5 KT S OF 27N...AND N 5 TO 10 KT
N OF 27N. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 
.THU NIGHT...N TO NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 
.FRI...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 
.FRI NIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SAT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SUN...E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SUN NIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.