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FZNT25 KNHC 090913
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
413 AM EST WED DEC 9 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 ACROSS THE YUCATAN CHANNEL INTO THE NW CARIBBEAN SEA.
THE FRONT WILL MOVE FARTHER SE AND AWAY FROM THE GULF REGION AS
A LOW PRES DEVELOPS ALONG THE FRONT NEAR THE NW BAHAMAS. A
SURFACE RIDGE EXTENDING FROM THE SE UNITED STATES WILL DOMINATE
THE GULF WATERS WITH A SURFACE HIGH EXPECTED TO SETTLE OVER THE
WEST-CENTRAL GULF THIS EVENING MOVING INTO THE CENTRAL GULF BY
THU EVENING. THIS SURFACE RIDGE WILL GIVE THE W GULF SOUTHERLY
RETURN FLOW. THE PRES GRADIENT WILL INCREASE SAT AHEAD OF THE
NEXT COLD FRONT EXPECTED TO ENTER THE NW GULF BY SUN MORNING.
STRONG TO NEAR GALE FORCE NORTHERLY WINDS AND BUILDING SEAS ARE
EXPECTED IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT. 

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

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...A COLD FRONT ENTERS THE BASIN NEAR 31N66W THEN
CONTINUES SW ACROSS THE NW BAHAMAS AND THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA
WHERE IT BECOMES A PERSISTENT STATIONARY FRONT. A LOW PRES IS
FORECAST TO DEVELOP ALONG THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY AND NEAR THE NW
BAHAMAS BY THIS EVENING. THE LOW WILL MOVE QUICKLY TO THE NE
DRAGGING THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY THAT WILL FINALLY WEAKEN ACROSS
THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA. HIGH PRES WILL THEN DOMINATE THE REGION
SAT AND SUN.

.TODAY...S OF 27N...SE TO S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...SHIFTING TO SW
TO W IN THE AFTERNOON. N OF 27N...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO
4 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.TONIGHT...S OF 27N...W TO NW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. N OF 27N...E
WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...SHIFTING TO N TO NE AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 FT
IN THE EVENING...SUBSIDING TO 2 FT OR LESS. 
.THU...N WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. 
.THU NIGHT...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT IN THE EVENING...
SUBSIDING TO 2 FT OR LESS. 
.FRI...NE TO E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. 
.FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. 
.SAT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SUN...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SUN NIGHT...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.