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FZNT25 KNHC 260931
OFFN04

NAVTEX Marine Forecast
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL
531 AM EDT Sun May 26 2024

...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 relatively weak high pressure ridge will continue
to extend from the western Atlantic across the E Gulf into the
upcoming week. This will maintain a weak pressure pattern over
the basin. Mostly moderate to fresh SE to S winds will exist W
of 87W through early Mon while light to gentle SE to S winds
will exist E of 87W. The winds W of 87W will shift to W of 90W
afterwards while winds east of 87W generally become light and
variable, except S of 26N where they become gentle NE winds.
Seas will be slight to moderate during the period. A cold front
is expected to move across the NE Gulf Tue through Wed, followed
by gentle to moderate W to NW winds. Fresh to strong winds will
pulse near the northern and western Yucatan Peninsula during the
late afternoons and at night through the period. Hazy conditions
due to agricultural fires in Mexico continue across most of the
western Gulf and Bay of Campeche.

.TODAY...SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less.
.TONIGHT...SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less.
.MON...SE to S winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less.
.MON NIGHT...SE to S winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less.
.TUE...E winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less.
.TUE NIGHT...NE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less.
.WED...NE to E winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less.
.WED NIGHT...NE to E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less.
.THU...NE to E winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less.
.THU NIGHT...E winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less.

Within 200 nm east of the coast of Florida

.SYNOPSIS...A weak 1012 mb low is near 28N63W, with a trough
extending SW to Haiti. Scattered showers and thunderstorms are
affecting Hispaniola and Puerto Rico and adjacent waters. The
low will continue to move generally ENE through this evening as
it weakens further with a trailing trough. Otherwise, relatively
weak high pressure will remain over the region for the next few
days. The associated gradient will support moderate winds and seas
N of the Bahamas and off NE Florida by Mon night as the high
pressure shifts eastward ahead of a weakening cold front that is
expected to move across the waters N of the Bahamas Tue through
Wed. Scattered showers and thunderstorms may accompany the front.

.TODAY...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less.
.TONIGHT...SE to S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less.
.MON...SE to S winds 5 to 10 kt S of 27N, and S 10 to 15 kt N of
27N. Seas 2 ft or less.
.MON NIGHT...SE to S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less,
building to 3 ft after midnight. Scattered showers and isolated
tstms.
.TUE...S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...SE to S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less.
.WED...SW to W winds 5 to 10 kt, shifting to NE to E in the
afternoon. Seas 2 ft or less.
.WED NIGHT...SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less.
.THU...N to NE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less.
.THU NIGHT...E winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less.