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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
428 AM EST WED DEC 16 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 WEAK FRONT FROM NEAR CEDAR KEY FLORIDA 28N90W TO
INLAND CENTRAL TEXAS WILL LIFT N OF THE GULF THIS AFTERNOON IN
RESPONSE TO A STRONG COLD FRONT THAT WILL MOVE OFF THE COAST OF
THE TEXAS COAST THIS MORNING. THE FRONT WILL REACH FROM NEAR
SOUTHERN LOUISIANA TO NEAR TAMPICO MEXICO THIS EVENING...FROM
NEAR MOBILE BAY TO VERACRUZ EARLY THU...FROM NEAR APALACHICOLA
TO 25N90W TO 19N94W EARLY THU EVENING...FROM NEAR CEDAR KEY
FLORIDA TO NW YUCATAN PENINSULA EARLY FRI...AND FROM THE STRAITS
OF FLORIDA TO NW CUBA TO NE YUCATAN PENINSULA EARLY FRI EVENING.
THE FRONT WILL CONTINUE SE OF THE GULF...AND ACROSS THE NW
CARIBBEAN DURING FRI NIGHT. STRONG HIGH PRESSURE WILL FOLLOW IN
THE WAKE OF WITH MODERATE TO STRONG NLY WINDS...AND WITH WINDS
EXPECTED TO REACH GALE FORCE OVER A PORTION OF THE SW GULF
BEGINNING LATE THU AFTERNOON OR EVENING INTO FRI. THE STRONG
HIGH PRESSURE WILL SHIFT E JUST N OF THE GULF THROUGH SAT...AND
NE TO THE CAROLINAS ON SUN ALLOWING FOR WINDS AND SEAS TO
DIMINISH. 

.TODAY...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. ISOLATED SHOWERS.
.TONIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. ISOLATED SHOWERS.
.THU...SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. ISOLATED SHOWERS.
.THU NIGHT...S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. ISOLATED SHOWERS.
.FRI...NW TO N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT...BUILDING TO
5 TO 7 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. 
.FRI NIGHT...N TO NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT W OF 85W
AND 5 TO 7 FT E OF 85W.
.SAT...NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT.
.SAT NIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT.
.SUN...NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT.
.SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT.

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...A WEAK STATIONARY ACROSS THE FAR NW WATERS WILL LIFT
N AS A WARM FRONT THIS AFTERNOON. HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN
ACROSS THE BASIN THROUGH TONIGHT...THEN WEAKEN AND SHIFT
EASTWARD IN RESPONSE TO A STRONG COLD FRONT THAT WILL MOVE OFF
THE NE FLORIDA COAST EARLY FRI. THE FRONT WILL QUICKLY REACH
FROM NEAR 31N74W TO THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA AND NW CUBA BY EARLY
FRI EVENING...FROM NEAR 29N65W TO THE WINDWARD PASSAGE SAT
EVENING ...AND FROM NEAR 24N65W TO THE N COAST OF HISPANIOLA SUN
EVENING. FRESH TO STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL PRECEDE THE FRONT
N OF 29N WITH FRESH TO STRONG FORCE NORTHERLY WINDS BEHIND IT
FRI THROUGH SUN...BUT CONFINED TO S OF ABOUT 27N.

.TODAY...S OF 27N...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.
N OF 27N...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. ISOLATED
SHOWERS.
.TONIGHT...S OF 27N...E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. N OF 27N...SE TO 
S WINDS. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. ISOLATED SHOWERS.
.THU...SE TO S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT S OF 27N...
AND 4 TO 6 FT N OF 27N. SCATTERED SHOWERS N OF 27N W OF PART.
ISOLATED SHOWERS ELSEWHERE.
.THU NIGHT...SE TO S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...EXCEPT S TO SW WINDS 
20 TO 25 KT N OF 27N. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT S OF 27N...AND 5 TO 8 FT 
N OF 27N. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS N OF 27N. ISOLATED
SHOWERS S OF 27N.
.FRI...S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...SHIFTING TO SW TO W IN THE AFTERNOON.
SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
.FRI NIGHT...S OF 27N...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. N OF
27N...NW TO N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 7 FT. 
.SAT...S OF 27N...N TO NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. N OF
27N...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT.
.SAT NIGHT...S OF 27N...NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. N OF
27N...N TO NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 6 FT. 
.SUN...S OF 27N...NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. N OF
27N...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.
.SUN NIGHT...S OF 27N...NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.
N OF 27N...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.