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FZNT27 KNHC 192054
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
454 PM EDT SAT MAR 19 2016

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

.SYNOPSIS...A COLD FRONT EXTENDING SW FROM THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE
TO VERACRUZ MEXICO WILL MOVE SE OF THE AREA ON SUN EVENING.
STRONG HIGH PRESSURE NW OF THE FRONT WILL SUPPORT GALE FORCE
WINDS ALONG THE MEXICAN COAST FROM 22N TO 25N INTO THIS EVENING
WITH THE GALE CONDITIONS THEN SHIFTING SE INTO THE WESTERN BAY
OF CAMPECHE LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUING INTO SUN EVENING.
SOUTHERLY RETURN FLOW WILL SET UP ACROSS THE NW GULF ON
MON...AND SPREAD E ACROSS THE ENTIRE GULF ON TUE NIGHT. THE
SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL INCREASE TO STRONG OVER THE NW GULF ON WED
AHEAD OF ANOTHER COLD FRONT PUSHING OFF THE TEXAS COAST ON THU
AFTERNOON AND REACHING THE CENTRAL GULF WATERS LATE THU NIGHT. 

NORTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO

.TONIGHT...N TO NE WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS. 
.SUN...N WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT IN N TO NE SWELL. 
.SUN NIGHT...N TO NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. 
.MON...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT...SUBSIDING TO
3 TO 5 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. 
.MON NIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 
.TUE...SE TO S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.TUE NIGHT...SE TO S WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.WED...S WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.WED NIGHT...SE TO S WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.THU...S WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.THU NIGHT...SW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...SHIFTING TO NW 20 TO 25 KT
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.  

NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO

.TONIGHT...N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS. 
.SUN...NW TO N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. 
.SUN NIGHT...N WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT IN NW TO N
SWELL. 
.MON...N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. 
.MON NIGHT...N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.TUE...E WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. 
.TUE NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT IN THE EVENING...
SUBSIDING TO 2 FT OR LESS. 
.WED...SE TO S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.WED NIGHT...SE TO S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.THU...SE TO S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 5 FT. 
.THU NIGHT...S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.