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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1028 AM EST WED JAN 4 2017

...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 COLD FRONT EXTENDING FROM ST PETERSBURG SW ACROSS
THE GULF TO A TAIL END AT THE BAY OF CAMPECHE WILL EXTEND FROM
THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA TO N OF THE YUCATAN PENINSULA BY THU
MORNING. A STRONGER COLD FRONT MOVING INTO NW WATERS EARLY
FRIDAY MORNING WILL REACH FROM THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE TO TAMPICO
MEXICO FRIDAY MORNING...THEN PUSH SE OF THE AREA SUN MORNING.
STRONG TO NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS WILL DEVELOP W OF THE
FRONT...EXCEPT IN THE SW GULF WHERE GALE FORCE WINDS WILL
DEVELOP. 

.TODAY...W TO NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. 
.TONIGHT...NW TO N WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. 
.THU...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT EARLY IN THE MORNING...
SUBSIDING TO 2 FT OR LESS. 
.THU NIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. 
.FRI...E TO SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. 
.FRI NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS...BUILDING
TO 3 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
.SAT...S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...SHIFTING TO W TO NW 20 TO 25 KT IN
THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. 
.SUN...N TO NE WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT IN N SWELL. 
.SUN NIGHT...NE WINDS 25 TO 30 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...FRESH SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL PERSIST OVER NW WATERS
AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT MOVING OFF FLORIDA. THE COLD FRONT WILL
REACH FROM 31N TO E CENTRAL FLORIDA NEAR 27N80W TONIGHT...THEN
STALL THU MORNING FROM 31N SW TO THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA. A
REINFORCING COLD FRONT WILL MERGE WITH THE STATIONARY FRONT THU
NIGHT THEN WILL GRADUALLY WEAKEN OVER NE FORECAST WATERS THROUGH
SAT MORNING. A STRONGER COLD FRONT MOVING OFF THE SE U.S. COAST
SAT MORNING WILL EXTEND FROM 31N78W TO MELBOURNE FLORIDA SAT
AFTERNOON WITH GALE FORCE WINDS UP TO 40 KT W OF THE BOUNDARY.
GALE TO NEAR GALE WINDS WILL CONTINUE W OF THE FRONT THROUGH
SUN.

.TODAY...S TO SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N...AND SW TO W 10 TO
15 KT N OF 27N. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS. 
.TONIGHT...W WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N...AND NW TO N 10 TO 15 KT
N OF 27N. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS. 
.THU...NW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...SHIFTING TO W IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS
3 FT. 
.THU NIGHT...N WINDS 5 TO 10 KT S OF 27N...AND W 10 TO 15 KT N OF
27N. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 
.FRI...W TO NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...SHIFTING TO N 5 TO 10 KT IN
THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 FT. 
.FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. 
.SAT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING S 20 TO 25 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...NW WINDS 25 TO 30 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. 
.SUN...N TO NE WINDS 25 TO 30 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. 
.SUN NIGHT...N TO NE WINDS 25 TO 30 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT.