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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
436 AM EDT WED MAR 23 2016

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

.SYNOPSIS...SOUTHERLY RETURN FLOW WILL DOMINATE THE BASIN TODAY.
A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE OFF THE TEXAS COAST EARLY THU AND RACE
SOUTHWARD IN THE WESTERN GULF THU...AND EXTEND FROM THE FLORIDA
PANHANDLE TO VERACRUZ MEXICO THU EVENING WITH STRONG N WINDS
EXPECTED W OF THE FRONT ALONG THE COAST OF MEXICO. THE FRONT
WILL WEAKEN AND STALL FROM NORTHERN FLORIDA THROUGH 25N90W TO
BAY OF CAMPECHE FRI...THEN DRIFT W AND DISSIPATE SAT. RETURN
FLOW WILL AGAIN DOMINATE SAT NIGHT AND SUN AHEAD OF THE NEXT
COLD FRONT WHICH WILL MOVE INTO THE NW GULF LATE SUN NIGHT. 

NORTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO

.TODAY...S WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.TONIGHT...S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.THU...S TO SW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...SHIFTING TO NW TO N IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS. 
.THU NIGHT...N TO NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.
SCATTERED SHOWERS. 
.FRI...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SAT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 
.SUN...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 
.SUN NIGHT...NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.  

NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO

.TODAY...SE TO S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.TONIGHT...SE TO S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.THU...S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.THU NIGHT...SW TO W WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...SHIFTING TO NW LATE.
SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS.
.FRI...N TO NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 
.SAT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 
.SUN...SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SUN NIGHT...S TO SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.