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FZNT27 KNHC 071542
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1042 AM EST SAT JAN 7 2017

...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 FROM TAMPA FLORIDA TO THE
EASTERN BAY OF CAMPECHE WILL RACE SE THROUGH THE STRAITS OF HIS
EVENING. AN AREA OF STRONG GALE FORCE WINDS ACROSS THE W CENTRAL
GULF WATERS WILL SHIFT SE TO ACROSS THE FAR SW GULF WATERS THIS
EVENING...AND DIMINISH BELOW GALE FORCE LATE TONIGHT. FREQUENT
GUSTS TO GALE FORCE ARE EXPECTED ELSEWHERE ACROSS THE N CENTRAL
AND NE WATERS THROUGH PORTIONS OF THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS AND SEAS
WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH AND SUBSIDE FROM THE NW BEGINNING THIS
EVENING WITH A FRESH E BREEZE DIMINISHING ACROSS THE STRAITS OF
FLORIDA ON TUE NIGHT. A FRESH NOCTURNAL BREEZE IS FORECAST
ACROSS THE NW GULF BEGINNING TUE NIGHT. 

NORTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO

...GALE WARNING BETWEEN 90W AND 94W...

.TODAY...N TO NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...EXCEPT 25 TO 30 KT WITH
FREQUENT GUSTS BETWEEN 90W AND 94W. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT.
.TONIGHT...NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...EXCEPT 20 TO 30 KT BETWEEN 90W
AND 94W. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT W OF 94W...AND 8 TO 12 FT BETWEEN 90W AND 
94W.
.SUN...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT W OF 94W...AND NE TO E WINDS
20 TO 25 KT BETWEEN 90W AND 94W. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT.
.SUN NIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT W OF 94W...AND E WINDS 15
TO 20 KT BETWEEN 90W AND 94W. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT W OF 94W AND 5 TO 8
FT BETWEEN 90W AND 94W.
.MON...SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT W OF 94W...AND E TO SE WINDS 
10 TO 15 KT BETWEEN 90W AND 94W. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.
.MON NIGHT...SE TO S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.TUE...SE TO S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.
.TUE NIGHT...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.WED...SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 5 FT. 
.WED NIGHT...SE TO S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 5 FT.  

NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO

...GALE WARNING...

.TODAY...E OF 87W...NW TO N WINDS 25 TO 30 KT WITH FREQUENT GUSTS
TO GALE FORCE. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT. BETWEEN 87W AND 90W...N TO NE
WINDS 25 TO 30 KT WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO GALE FORCE TILL EARLY
THIS AFTERNOON. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT.
.TONIGHT...N TO NE WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT.
.SUN...NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT.
.SUN NIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT W OF 87W...AND NE TO E 
WINDS 25 TO 20 KT E OF 87W. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT.
.MON...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.MON NIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT.
.TUE...SE TO S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT W OF 87W...AND E TO SE WINDS
15 TO 20 KT E OF 87W. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.
.TUE NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 5 FT. 
.WED...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.WED NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.