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FZNT25 KNHC 091511
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1011 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
EARLY THU AS A LOW PRES DEVELOPS ALONG THE FRONT OVER THE
STRAITS OF FLORIDA LATER TODAY AND THEN MOVE OVER THE NW BAHAMAS
THU. SURFACE RIDGING WILL DOMINATE THE GULF WATERS WITH A
SURFACE HIGH EXPECTED TO SETTLE OVER THE CENTRAL GULF TODAY
MOVING INTO THE NE GULF EARLY FRI. 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 5 TO 10 KT...INCREASING TO 10 TO 15 KT IN THE
LATE EVENING AND EARLY MORNING...THEN...DIMINISHING TO 5 TO
10 KT EARLY IN THE MORNING. 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...INCREASING TO 10 TO 15 KT IN
THE AFTERNOON. 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. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...E 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 TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...A COLD FRONT ENTERS THE BASIN NEAR 30N64W THEN
CONTINUES TO 26N74W WHERE IT BECOMES STATIONARY ACROSS THE NW
BAHAMAS AND THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA. A LOW PRES IS FORECAST TO
DEVELOP ALONG THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY OVER THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA
LATER TODAY AND MOVE OVER THE NW BAHAMAS EARLY THU. THE LOW WILL
MOVE QUICKLY TO THE NE DRAGGING THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY THAT WILL
PERSIST ACROSS SW ATLC WATERS THROUGH FRI. HIGH PRES WILL THEN
DOMINATE THE REGION SAT AND SUN.

.TODAY...S OF 27N...S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...SHIFTING TO W LATE IN
THE AFTERNOON. N OF 27N...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. 
.TONIGHT...S OF 27N...W TO NW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. N OF 27N...E
WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...SHIFTING TO N 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...N WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS S OF 27N...AND 3 TO
4 FT N OF 27N. 
.THU NIGHT...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...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS S OF 27N...
AND 3 TO 5 FT N OF 27N. 
.SAT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS S OF 27N...AND 3 TO
5 FT N OF 27N. 
.SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SUN...E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT S OF 27N...AND
4 TO 6 FT N OF 27N. 
.SUN NIGHT...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT S OF 27N...AND
5 TO 7 FT N OF 27N.