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FZNT27 KNHC 091406
OFFN06

NAVTEX Marine Forecast
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL
906 AM EST Fri Mar 9 2018

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

.SYNOPSIS...A ridge extending north to south across the central
gulf waters Will shift east from the Florida Big Bend to
Veracruz Mexico this evening. A cold front will move off the
Texas coast late Sat night, and race southeast across the entire
gulf waters on Sun and Sun night passing through the Straits of
Florida on Mon afternoon. Strong northerly winds in the wake of
the front will diminish from the northwest through Mon night. A
ridge will extend from northeast Texas to the Straits of Florida
on Tue. 

Northwest Gulf of Mexico

.TODAY...SE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. 
.TONIGHT...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 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft.
Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms. 
.SUN...W winds 10 to 15 kt, shifting to NW to N 15 to 20 kt in
the afternoon. Seas 4 to 6 ft. 
.SUN NIGHT...N winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. 
.MON...N winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. 
.MON NIGHT...N to NE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. 
.TUE...NE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. 
.TUE NIGHT...NE to E winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft in the
evening, subsiding to 2 ft or less.  

North Central and Northeast Gulf of Mexico

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