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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1002 PM 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...

SOUTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO

.SYNOPSIS...A COLD FRONT EXTENDS FROM THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA TO
E MEXICO. THE FRONT WILL BECOME STATIONARY TONIGHT AND WILL
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 INTO THE NW GULF ON SUN. THE
COLD FRONT WILL REACH FROM THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE TO THE SW GULF
SUN NIGHT AND STALL FROM CENTRAL FLORIDA TO THE BAY OF CAMPECHE
MON NIGHT. GALE CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE IN PARTS OF THE WESTERN
GULF BEHIND THIS NEXT COLD FRONT SUN THROUGH MON. 

.TONIGHT...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 
.FRI...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 
.FRI NIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 
.SAT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SUN...SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 
.SUN NIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 
.MON...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 
.MON NIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.TUE...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...A COLD FRONT EXTENDING FROM 31N66W TO THE STRAITS OF
FLORIDA WILL PUSH SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL
WATERS THIS EVENING... AND THE SOUTHERN WATERS ON FRI. IT WILL
BECOME STATIONARY FROM NEAR 24N65W TO THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA BY
FRI EVENING. STRONG HIGH PRES WILL BUILD OVER THE AREA IN THE
WAKE OF THE FRONT. THE FRONT WILL SHIFT EASTWARD BY EARLY NEXT
WEEK ENABLING ANOTHER COLD FRONT TO MOVE OVER THE FAR NW WATERS
MON WHERE IT WILL STALL.

.TONIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N...AND NE 15 TO 20 KT N
OF 27N. S OF 27N...SEAS 2 FT OR LESS...BUILDING TO 3 FT LATE. N
OF 27N...SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.FRI...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT S OF 27N...AND 5 TO
7 FT N OF 27N. 
.FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT S OF 27N...AND E TO SE 20 TO
25 KT N OF 27N. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT S OF 27N...AND 6 TO 9 FT N OF
27N. 
.SAT...E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT S OF 27N...AND SE 20 TO 25 KT N
OF 27N. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT S OF 27N...AND 6 TO 9 FT N OF 27N. 
.SAT NIGHT...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT S OF 27N...AND
6 TO 8 FT N OF 27N. 
.SUN...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT S OF 27N...AND 5 TO
7 FT N OF 27N. 
.SUN NIGHT...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT S OF 27N...AND 4 TO
6 FT N OF 27N. 
.MON...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. S OF 27N...SEAS 3 FT IN THE
MORNING...SUBSIDING TO 2 FT OR LESS. N OF 27N...SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.MON NIGHT...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT S OF 27N...AND 4 TO
6 FT N OF 27N. 
.TUE...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT S OF 27N...AND 4 TO
6 FT N OF 27N. 
.TUE NIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT S OF 27N...AND
5 TO 7 FT N OF 27N.