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FZNT27 KNHC 081437
OFFN06

NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
937 AM EST TUE DEC 8 2015

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

.SYNOPSIS...A STATIONARY FRONT EXTENDS FROM THE STRAITS OF
FLORIDA TO A 1012 MB LOW PRESSURE JUST E OF COZUMEL MEXICO. THE
LOW WILL MOVE E-NE ACROSS THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY PUSHING THE FRONT
SE INTO THE YUCATAN CHANNEL...AND INTO THE FAR NW CARIBBEAN BY
THIS EVENING. A RIDGE EXTENDING FROM THE SE UNITED STATES WILL
DOMINATE THE GULF WATERS THE REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST PERIOD.
SOUTHERLY RETURN FLOW WILL SET UP ACROSS THE WESTERN GULF BY
THU. THESE INCREASING SLY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST THROUGH
SAT. 

NORTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO

.TODAY...SE WINDS LESS THAN 5 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 
.TONIGHT...S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. 
.WED...SW TO W WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. 
.WED NIGHT...S TO SW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. 
.THU...S TO SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. 
.THU NIGHT...S TO SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING S 15 TO 20 KT
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 
.FRI...S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.FRI NIGHT...SE TO S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.SAT...SE TO S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT.  

NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO

.TODAY...NE TO E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT E OF 87W...
AND 5 TO 7 FT BETWEEN 87W AND 90W.
.TONIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...EXCEPT NE TO E 10 TO 15 KT 
E OF 87W. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT BETWEEN 87W AND 90W...AND 3 TO 4 FT
E OF 87W EARLY SUBSIDING TO 2 FT OR LESS.
.WED...BETWEEN 87W AND 90W...SE TO S WINDS 5 KT SHIFTING TO 
W TO NW IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS.
E OF 87W...N TO NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS.
.WED NIGHT...NW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. 
.THU...W WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...SHIFTING TO SW IN THE AFTERNOON.
SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. 
.THU NIGHT...SW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. 
.FRI...SE TO S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. 
.FRI NIGHT...BETWEEN 87W AND 90W...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT.
SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. E OF 87W...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3
FT.
.SAT...BETWEEN 87W AND 90W...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT.
E OF 87W...E TO SE WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
.SAT NIGHT...BETWEEN 87W AND 90W...SE TO S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 
6 TO 8 FT. E OF 87W...SE TO S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.