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FZNT27 KNHC 161429
OFFN06

NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1029 AM EDT WED MAR 16 2016

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

.SYNOPSIS...A STATIONARY FRONT FROM NEW ORLEANS LOUISIANA TO
PALACIOS TEXAS WILL WEAKEN TO A TROUGH AND THEN SHIFT EASTWARD N
OF 28N BEFORE PASSING E OF THE AREA TONIGHT. RIDGING OVER THE SE
GULF WILL BREAK DOWN BY THU. A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO
THE N GULF LATE THU AND LINGER UNTIL A WAVE FORMS ALONG THE
FRONT OVER THE NW GULF OVERNIGHT FRI NIGHT AND SLOWLY MOVES INTO
THE NE GULF OVERNIGHT SAT NIGHT...DRAGGING THE FRONT SOUTHWARD
BEHIND IT. THE FRONT WILL REACH FROM HOMOSASSA FLORIDA TO THE SW
GULF NEAR 18N94W BY SUN MORNING. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN THE
WAKE OF THE FRONT. 

NORTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO

.THIS AFTERNOON...E TO SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS.
PATCHY FOG. 
.TONIGHT...SE TO S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. 
.THU...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS.
.THU NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. 
.FRI...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. 
.FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. 
.SAT...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...N TO NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.SUN...N TO NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. 
.SUN NIGHT...N TO NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT.  

NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO

.THIS AFTERNOON...S TO SW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. 
.TONIGHT...S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. 
.THU...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. 
.THU NIGHT...SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. 
.FRI...SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. 
.FRI NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. 
.SAT...NE TO E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.
.SAT NIGHT...N TO NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING N 15 TO 20 KT
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 
.SUN...N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.SUN NIGHT...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT.