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FZNT25 KNHC 271500
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1000 AM EST SUN DEC 27 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 STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE NW GULF LATE
TODAY...REACH FROM NEW ORLEANS TO VERACRUZ MEXICO EARLY MON...
THEN STALL AND WEAKEN FROM NEAR DESTIN FLORIDA TO THE BAY OF
CAMPECHE BY MON NIGHT. STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS AND BUILDING SEAS
WILL FOLLOW THE FRONT WITH AREAS OF GALE FORCE WINDS EXPECTED IN
THE WESTERN GULF TONIGHT INTO EARLY MON. WINDS WILL QUICKLY
DIMINISH LATE MON AND TUE AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS ACROSS THE
AREA. REINFORCING COLD AIR WILL PUSH THE REMNANT FRONT SOUTHWARD
ACROSS THE GULF WED AND THU. 

.TODAY...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.TONIGHT...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.MON...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.MON NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.
.TUE...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.TUE NIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.WED...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 
.WED NIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. 
.THU...E TO SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.THU NIGHT...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...STRONG HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED OVER BERMUDA WILL
WEAKEN AND RETREAT EASTWARD MON AND TUE IN ADVANCE OF A COLD
FRONT ACROSS THE GULF OF MEXICO. THAT COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO
STALL JUST NW OF THE AREA TUE NIGHT INTO WED AS NEW HIGH
PRESSURE BUILDS OVER THE CENTRAL ATLC. THE SUBTROPICAL RIDGE
WILL SHIFT SOUTHEASTWARD THU AS THE COLD FRONT MOVE INTO THE NW
WATERS.

.TODAY...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 5 TO 7 FT N OF 27N. 
.TONIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT S OF 27N...AND SE 10 TO
15 KT N OF 27N. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT S OF 27N...AND 5 TO 7 FT N OF
27N. 
.MON...S OF 27N...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING E TO SE 10 TO
15 KT LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. N OF 27N...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT.
SEAS 3 TO 4 FT S OF 27N...AND 5 TO 7 FT N OF 27N. 
.MON NIGHT...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT S OF 27N...AND
5 TO 7 FT N OF 27N. 
.TUE...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT S OF 27N...AND 5 TO
7 FT N OF 27N. 
.TUE NIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT S OF 27N...
AND 4 TO 6 FT N OF 27N. 
.WED...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.WED NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS S OF 27N...
AND 3 TO 5 FT N OF 27N. 
.THU...SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS S OF 27N...
AND 3 TO 5 FT N OF 27N. 
.THU NIGHT...SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS S OF
27N...AND 3 TO 5 FT N OF 27N.