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FZNT27 KNHC 171515
OFFN06

NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1115 AM EDT TUE APR 17 2012

...PLEASE REFER TO COASTAL WATERS FORECASTS (CWF) AVAILABLE
THROUGH NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER MEANS FOR DETAILED
COASTAL WATERS FORECASTS...

.SYNOPSIS...COLD FRONT SW LOUISIANA TO INLAND NE MEXICO WILL
SLOWLY WEAKEN AND BECOME STATIONARY AS IT REACHES FROM THE FAR
WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE TO THE EASTERN BAY OF CAMPECHE BY LATE
TONIGHT. WEAK LOW PRES WILL FORM ALONG THE FRONT AND TRACK NE
THROUGH WED NIGHT PULLING THE WEAKENING FRONTAL TROUGH SOME TO
THE THE E BEFORE DISSIPATING OVER NE WATERS THU. ATLC HIGH PRES
WILL EXTEND W INTO GULF LATE THU THROUGH LATE FRI. A STRONG COLD
FRONT IS FORECAST TO ENTER THE NW WATERS SAT FOLLOWED BY STRONG
OFFSHORE FLOW. 

NORTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO

.THIS AFTERNOON...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 
.TONIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS. 
.WED...N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.WED NIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.THU...E TO SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.FRI...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.SAT...W TO NW WINDS 25 TO 30 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. 

NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO

.THIS AFTERNOON...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 
.TONIGHT...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS. 
.WED...SW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING N TO NW IN THE AFTERNOON.
SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS.
.WED NIGHT...N TO NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS. 
.THU...NE TO E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.FRI...S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. 
.SAT...S TO SW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.