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FZNT25 KNHC 162008
OFFN04

NAVTEX Marine Forecast
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL
408 PM EDT Fri Mar 16 2018

...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 surface high is centered inland north-central
Florida with a ridge extending west along 27N. The high will
shift south over the southeast gulf waters on Sat night, with a
ridge extending northwest to the northeast Texas coast. The
ridge will retract east on Sun night ahead of a cold front
moving offshore Texas on Mon. The front will extend from the
Florida Panhandle to Veracruz Mexico early Tue and pass through
the Straits of Florida late Tue night. Strong northwest flow
expected across the northeast waters on Wed. 

.TONIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. 
.SAT...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. 
.SAT NIGHT...SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. 
.SUN...SE to S winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. 
.SUN NIGHT...SE to S winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. 
.MON...S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. 
.MON NIGHT...S to SW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 2 ft or less,
building to 3 ft after midnight. 
.TUE...S to SW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. 
.TUE NIGHT...W winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. 
.WED...NW winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. 
.WED NIGHT...NW winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft.  

Within 200 nm east of the coast of Florida

.SYNOPSIS...Strong southwest winds will develop north of 30N on 
Sat night into Sun as a front passes through the far northern 
waters. Strong to near gale force southerly winds will develop on 
Tue to the north of the Bahamas either side of a cold front. 

.TONIGHT...S of 27N,E winds 10 to 15 kt. N of 27N,NW to N winds
10 to 15 kt, shifting to SE to S 5 to 10 kt after midnight. Seas
2 ft or less. 
.SAT...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt S of 27N, and S to SW 10 to
15 kt N of 27N. Seas 2 ft or less. 
.SAT NIGHT...SE winds 10 to 15 kt S of 27N, and S to SW 15 to
20 kt N of 27N. Seas 2 ft or less, building to 3 ft after
midnight. 
.SUN...SW winds 5 to 10 kt S of 27N, and W 15 to 20 kt N of 27N.
Seas 3 ft. 
.SUN NIGHT...SW to W winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft in the evening,
subsiding to 2 ft or less. 
.MON...S to SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. 
.MON NIGHT...S winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. 
.TUE...S to SW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. 
.TUE NIGHT...S to SW winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. 
.WED...W winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. 
.WED NIGHT...W to NW winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft.