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FZNT27 KNHC 271529
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1129 AM EDT SUN MAR 27 2016

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

.SYNOPSIS...A WARM FRONT OVER THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE N
CENTRAL AND NE GULF WILL LIFT N OF THE GULF THIS AFTERNOON AS A
COLD FRONT MOVES OFF THE TX AND SW LOUISIANA COASTS. THE FRONT
WILL WEAKEN AS IT REACHES FROM SE LOUISIANA TO NEAR 24N93W...
AND STATIONARY TO THE SW GULF BY THIS EVENING. THE COLD FRONT
PORTION WILL REACH FROM N CENTRAL FL TO NEAR 24N91W BY EARLY ON
MON...AND MOVE E OF THE GULF MON AFTERNOON WHILE THE STATIONARY
PORTION EXTENDS FROM NEAR 26N86W TO 24N92W AND TO THE CENTRAL
BAY OF CAMPECHE. THE STATIONARY FRONT WILL LIFT BACK TO THE NW
AS A WARM FRONT...AND MOVE INLAND THE N CENTRAL AND NE GULF BY
LATE TUE NIGHT. THE PRES GRADIENT WILL STRENGTHEN BETWEEN
RIDGING NE OF THE AREA AND TROUGHING OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS
WED THROUGH THU AFTERNOON ALLOWING FOR INCREASING SE WINDS OVER
MUCH OF THE GULF. THE NEXT COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE NW
WATERS LATE ON THU. 

NORTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO

.THIS AFTERNOON...S TO SW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...EXCEPT W OF 94W SHIFTING
TO NW TO N LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT BETWEEN 90W AND
94W...AND 2 TO 3 FT W OF 94W. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
TSTMS BETWEEN 90W AND 94W...AND ISOLATED SHOWERS W OF 94W.
.TONIGHT...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND ISOLATED TSTMS EARLY BETWEEN 90W AND 94W...AND ISOLATED
SHOWERS EARLY W OF 94W.
.MON...N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. ISOLATED SHOWERS
E OF 94W.
.MON NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. ISOLATED SHOWERS
E OF 94W.
.TUE...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 
.TUE NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 
.WED...SE TO S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.WED NIGHT...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 10 TO 15 KT...SHIFTING TO N 15 TO
20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.  

NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO

.THIS AFTERNOON...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS E OF 87W.
.TONIGHT...SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS.
.MON...NW TO N WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS IN THE MORNING.
.MON NIGHT...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.TUE...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.TUE NIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 
.WED...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.WED NIGHT...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...S TO SW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 6 FT.