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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1024 AM EST SAT DEC 26 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...HIGH PRESSURE WILL PREVAIL AHEAD OF A STRONG COLD
FRONT THAT WILL MOVE INTO THE NW GULF SUN...REACH FROM NEW
ORLEANS TO VERACRUZ MEXICO EARLY MON...THEN STALL AND WEAKEN
FROM THE FLORIDA BIG BEND TO THE BAY OF CAMPECHE BY MON EVENING.
STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS WITH BUILDING SEAS WILL FOLLOW THE FRONT
WITH AREAS OF GALE FORCE WINDS POSSIBLE IN THE WESTERN GULF SUN
NIGHT INTO MON. WINDS WILL QUICKLY DIMINISH LATE MON AND TUE AS
HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS OVER THE AREA. REMNANTS OF THE FRONT WILL
LIFT BACK N AS WARM FRONT OVER THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL GULF TUE
AND TUE NIGHT IN ADVANCE OF THE NEXT COLD FRONT. THAT COLD FRONT
IS EXPECTED TO ENTER THE FAR NW GULF EARLY WED...AND REACH FROM
NEAR SE LOUISIANA TO THE SW GULF BY WED NIGHT. 

.TODAY...E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...EXCEPT 20 TO 25 KT STRAITS OF 
FLORIDA. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. ISOLATED SHOWERS.
.TONIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...EXCEPT 20 TO 25 KT STRAITS OF 
FLORIDA. SEAS 5 TO 8 FT. ISOLATED SHOWERS.
.SUN...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...EXCEPT 20 TO 25 KT STRAITS OF
FLORIDA. SEAS 5 TO 8 FT. ISOLATED SHOWERS.
.SUN NIGHT...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. ISOLATED
SHOWERS.
.MON...SE TO S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KT IN
THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.MON NIGHT...SE TO S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 
.TUE...E TO SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.TUE NIGHT...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...SHIFTING TO E TO SE 10 TO
15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.WED...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 
.WED NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING E TO SE 5 TO 10 KT
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 FT.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...STRONG HIGH PRESSURE WILL PREVAIL OVER THE REGION
THROUGH SUN...THEN RETREAT EASTWARD MON AND TUE AS A COLD FRONT
MOVES ACROSS THE SOUTHEASTERN STATES AND STALLS JUST NW OF THE 
AREA TUE NIGHT INTO WED.  

.TODAY...E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT S OF 27N...AND
5 TO 7 FT N OF 27N. 
.TONIGHT...S OF 27N...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING E TO SE
20 TO 25 KT IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. N OF 27N...E TO SE
WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT S OF 27N...AND 6 TO 7 FT N OF
27N. ISOLATED SHOWERS.
.SUN...S OF 27N...E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. N OF 27N...SE WINDS
15 TO 20 KT...DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KT LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
SEAS 3 TO 5 FT S OF 27N...AND 6 TO 7 FT N OF 27N. ISOLATED
SHOWERS.
.SUN NIGHT...S OF 27N...E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. N OF 27N...SE
WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT LATE. SEAS 3 TO 5
FT S OF 27N...AND 6 TO 7 FT N OF 27N. ISOLATED SHOWERS.
.MON...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT S OF 27N...AND 5 TO 7 FT N OF 27N. 
.MON NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. S OF 27N...SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.
N OF 27N...SEAS 5 TO 7 FT.
.TUE...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS S OF 27N...AND
4 TO 6 FT N OF 27N. 
.TUE NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS S OF 27N...
AND 4 TO 5 FT N OF 27N.
.WED...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. S OF 27N...SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. N OF
27N...SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
.WED NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.