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FZNT27 KNHC 291522
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1122 AM EDT TUE MAR 29 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 EXTENDS FROM SARASOTA FL SW TO
26N81W WHERE IT BECOMES A DISSIPATING STATIONARY FRONT SW AND S
TO THE CENTRAL BAY OF CAMPECHE. THE REMNANTS OF THE STATIONARY
FRONT WILL LIFT BACK TO THE N AS A WARM ON WED AND WED AS
MODERATE TO STRONG SOUTHEASTERLY RETURN FLOW DEVELOPS ACROSS
MUCH OF THE GULF. THE MODERATE TO STRONG SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS
THEN DIMINISH ON THU. THE NEXT COLD FRONT SHOULD REACH THE NW
GULF EARLY ON FRI FOLLOWED BY STRONG N TO NE WINDS. BY LATE
FRI...THE FRONT WILL QUICKLY WEAKEN AS IT REACHES FROM NEAR THE
WESTERN FL PANHANDLE TO THE CENTRAL GULF WHERE IT SHOULD BECOME
STATIONARY TO THE SW GULF. HIGH PRES BEHIND THE FRONT IS
FORECAST TO BE REINFORCED BY STRONGER HIGH PRES FRI NIGHT AND
SAT ALLOWING FOR MODERATE TO STRONG N TO NE WINDS TO AFFECT THE
NW GULF...AND MOST OF THE N CENTRAL GULF PORTIONS. 

NORTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO

.THIS AFTERNOON...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT
BETWEEN 90W AND 94W...AND 2 TO 3 FT W OF 94W. WINDS AND SEAS
HIGHER IN AND NEAR SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS E OF 89W.
.TONIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED 
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS E OF 89W. ISOLATED SHOWERS W OF 94W.
.WED...SE TO S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. ISOLATED SHOWERS
AND TSTMS.
.WED NIGHT...SE TO S WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. ISOLATED 
SHOWERS AND TSTMS.
.THU...S WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.THU NIGHT...S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.FRI...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.FRI NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.SAT...NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.  

NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO

.THIS AFTERNOON...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT E OF
87W...AND 3 TO 4 FT BETWEEN 87W AND 90W. WINDS AND SEAS HIGHER 
IN AND NEAR SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND TSTMS E OF 89W.
.TONIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND TSTMS.
.WED...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND ISOLATED TSTMS E OF 87W. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND TSTMS BETWEEN
87W AND 90W.
.WED NIGHT...SE TO S WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT. ISOLATED
SHOWERS AND TSTMS.
.THU...S WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.THU NIGHT...S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.FRI...S TO SW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.FRI NIGHT...SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...SHIFTING TO N TO NE AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SAT...N TO NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...N TO NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.