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FZNT27 KNHC 170942
OFFN06

NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
442 AM EST THU DEC 17 2015

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

.SYNOPSIS...A STRONG COLD FRONT FROM SE LOUISIANA TO NE MEXICO
WILL REACH FROM MOBILE BAY TO VERACRUZ THIS MORNING....FROM NEAR
NEAR APALACHICOLA FLORIDA TO 25N90W TO 24N92W TO THE SW GULF
NEAR 18N94W EARLY THIS EVENING...THEN FROM NEAR TAMPA BAY
FLORIDA SW 25N86W TO NEAR OR JUST ALONG THE NW YUCATAN PENINSULA
AND TO THE EASTERN BAY OF CAMPECHE NEAR 18.5N93W FRI MORNING.
THE FRONT WILL THEN EXIT THE SE GULF FRI EVENING. FRESH TO
STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS WILL FOLLOW THE FRONT...REACHING GALE
FORCE OFFSHORE OF VERACRUZ LATE TONIGHT THROUGH FRI AFTERNOON.
WINDS AND SEAS DIMINISH SAT AND SUN AS HIGH PRES WILL MOVE FROM
THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY FRI NIGHT TO THE CAROLINAS BY LATE
SAT. GENERALLY MODERATE E TO SE WINDS PREVAIL EARLY NEXT WEEK. 

NORTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO

...DENSE FOG ADVISORY WITHIN 30 NM OF COAST OF SE LOUISIANA UNTIL
7 EST...

.TODAY...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. AREAS OF DENSE FOG
WITH VISIBILITY 1 NM OR LESS WITHIN 30 NM OF COAST OF SE OF
LOUISIANA.
.TONIGHT...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING NW TO N 20 TO 25 KT
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.
.FRI...N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...BECOMING N TO NE 15 TO 20 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.FRI NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SAT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SUN...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SUN NIGHT...SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 
.MON...SE TO S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 
.MON NIGHT...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...SHIFTING TO SE TO S 10 TO
15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT.  

NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO

...DENSE FOG ADVISORY WITHIN 30 NM OF SE LOUISIANA COAST UNTIL 7
EST....

.TODAY...S TO SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...SHIFTING TO W IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. AREAS OF DENSE FOG WITH VISIBILITY 1
NM OR LESS WITHIN 30 NM OF SE LOUISIANA COAST. SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND ISOLATED TSTMS.
.TONIGHT...NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING NW TO N 20 TO 25 KT
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.FRI...N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.FRI NIGHT...N TO NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...BECOMING NE 15 TO
20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.SAT...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.SUN...E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SUN NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.MON...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 
.MON NIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT.