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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
518 PM EDT TUE MAR 29 2016

...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...STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE ACROSS EASTERN GULF
WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE STRONG TSTORMS AS IT MOVES E ACROSS
FLORIDA PENINSULA AND EXITS THE AREA TONIGHT. HIGH PRES ACROSS
THE MID ATLC STATES EXTENDS SW INTO THE NE GULF LATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND WILL BUILD ACROSS THE BASIN TONIGHT THROUGH WED
NIGHT TO PRODUCE MODERATE TO STRONG SOUTHEASTERLY RETURN FLOW.
THE NEXT COLD FRONT SHOULD REACH THE NW GULF EARLY ON FRI
FOLLOWED BY STRONG N TO NE WINDS. BY LATE FRI...THE FRONT WILL
QUICKLY WEAKEN AS IT REACHES FROM NEAR THE WESTERN FL PANHANDLE
TO THE CENTRAL GULF WHERE IT WILL BECOME STATIONARY. HIGH PRES
BEHIND THE FRONT WILL BE REINFORCED BY STRONGER HIGH PRES FRI
NIGHT AND SAT ALLOWING FOR MODERATE TO STRONG N TO NE WINDS TO
AFFECT THE NW GULF...AND MOST OF THE N CENTRAL GULF PORTIONS. 

.TONIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. NUMEROUS
TSTMS. 
.WED...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS...BUILDING TO 3 TO
4 FT. 
.WED NIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.THU...SE TO S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.THU NIGHT...SE TO S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.FRI...SE TO S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.FRI NIGHT...SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 
.SAT...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...S TO SW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...SHIFTING TO NE 10 TO
15 KT LATE. SEAS 3 FT. 
.SUN...N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 
.SUN NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...A COLD FRONT EXTENDS FROM 30N75W SW TO 26N77W WHERE
IT BECOMES NEARLY STATIONARY ACROSS EXTREME S FLORIDA. THE FRONT
WILL GRADUALLY BECOME E TO W ORIENTED ALONG 25N-26N ON WED.
STRONG HIGH PRES TO BUILD S ACROSS THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL
WATERS BEHIND  THE FRONT WED AND THU...THEN SHIFT EASTWARD
THROUGH FRI NIGHT AS THE NEXT COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE SE
UNITED STATES. THIS FRONT IS FORECAST TO MOVE OVER THE FAR NW
WATERS ON SAT PRECEDED BY INCREASING SW WINDS.

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