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FZNT27 KNHC 151601
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1101 AM EST THU DEC 15 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 EXTENDS FROM CENTRAL FLORIDA NEAR
28N82W TO 26N87W TO 25N94W WHERE IT BECOMES STATIONARY TO 25N96W
AND INLAND MEXICO NEAR 23N98W. THE COLD FRONT WILL REACH FROM
THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA TO NE MEXICO THIS AFTERNOON WHERE IT WILL
BECOME STATIONARY AND DISSIPATE THROUGH FRI. FRESH TO STRONG
SOUTHERLY RETURN FLOW WILL DEVELOP IN THE NW GULF FRI THROUGH
SAT NIGHT AHEAD OF THE NEXT COLD FRONT EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS
THE GULF ON SUN. THE COLD FRONT WILL REACH FROM THE FLORIDA
PANHANDLE TO THE SW GULF SUN NIGHT AND FROM N FLORIDA TO THE
YUCATAN PENINSULA MON NIGHT. GALE CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE IN
PARTS OF THE WESTERN GULF BEHIND THIS NEXT COLD FRONT SUN
THROUGH LATE ON MON. 

NORTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO

.TODAY...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.TONIGHT...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.FRI...SE TO S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.FRI NIGHT...S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.SAT...S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.SUN...NW TO N WINDS 25 TO 30 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. 
.SUN NIGHT...N TO NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. 
.MON...N TO NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. 
.MON NIGHT...N TO NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT.  

NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO

.TODAY...N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. 
.TONIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 
.FRI...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. 
.FRI NIGHT...SE TO S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 
.SAT...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SUN...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SUN NIGHT...NW TO N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...SHIFTING TO NE AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.MON...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.MON NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.