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FZNT27 KNHC 082007
OFFN06

NAVTEX Marine Forecast
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL
307 PM EST Thu Mar 8 2018

...Please refer to Coastal Waters Forecasts (CWF) available
through NOAA Weather Radio and other means for detailed
Coastal Waters Forecasts...

.SYNOPSIS...Fresh northerly winds across the Gulf of Mexico will
become southerly across the northwest waters overnight as a
ridge develops north to south across the central gulf waters.
The ridge will shift east to a position from the Florida Big
Bend to Veracruz Mexico by Fri evening as southerly return flow
spreads east across the entire Gulf of Mexico ahead of the next
cold front moving into the northern waters late Sat night. This
cold front will race across the gulf waters on Sun and Sun
night, passing through the Straits of Florida late Mon, with
strong post-frontal northerly winds on Sun and Sun night.  

Northwest Gulf of Mexico

.TONIGHT...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. 
.FRI...SE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. 
.FRI NIGHT...SE to S winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. 
.SAT...S winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Scattered showers
and isolated thunderstorms. 
.SAT NIGHT...S to SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. 
.SUN...W to NW winds 15 to 20 kt, shifting to NW to N 20 to
25 kt in the afternoon. Seas 5 to 7 ft. 
.SUN NIGHT...N winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. 
.MON...N winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. 
.MON NIGHT...N to NE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. 
.TUE...NE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. 
.TUE NIGHT...NE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less.  

North Central and Northeast Gulf of Mexico

.TONIGHT...N winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. 
.FRI...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. 
.FRI NIGHT...SE to S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. 
.SAT...SE to S winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 2 ft or less, building to
3 to 4 ft in the afternoon. 
.SAT NIGHT...S winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft,building to
5 to 7 ft after midnight. 
.SUN...SW to W winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. 
.SUN NIGHT...NW winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. 
.MON...NW to N winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft in W swell. 
.MON NIGHT...N winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. 
.TUE...N winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. 
.TUE NIGHT...N winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 ft in the evening,
subsiding to 2 ft or less.