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FZNT25 KNHC 250412
OFFN04

NAVTEX Marine Forecast
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL
1212 AM EDT Mon Mar 25 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...High pressure across the eastern U.S. extends into
the NE Gulf tonight, and will shift eastward through Mon,
allowing for fresh to strong SE to S winds across the western
Gulf to expand across all but the SE Gulf by morning. A new cold
front will enter the NW Gulf on Mon evening, reach from the
mouth of the Mississippi River to near Veracruz, Mexico Tue
morning, then drift E and stall from the Florida Big Bend to the
central Bay of Campeche Wed night. Fresh to strong N winds are
briefly expected Tue behind the front over the W and SW Gulf.
The front will then move SE of the basin Thu afternoon.

.OVERNIGHT...SE winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft.
.TUE...SE winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.
.WED...SE to S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft.
.WED NIGHT...S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft.
.THU...NW winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.
.THU NIGHT...N winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft.
.FRI...NE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft.
.FRI NIGHT...NE to E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.
.SAT...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft.
.SAT NIGHT...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft.

Within 200 nm east of the coast of Florida

.SYNOPSIS...A cold front extends from 31N65W to 24N69W then
southwestward across eastern Cuba. The front will move eastward
and reach from 31N63W to NW Hispaniola by Mon afternoon, then
weaken considerably as it moves E-SE across the regional
Atlantic and adjacent NE Caribbean waters through Tue night.
Associated  low pressure NW of Bermuda will deepen overnight and
Mon, then  begin to move slowly S-SE and weaken, crossing into
the area  Atlantic waters Tue and gradually becoming stationary
near 26N61W on Thu. Strong to near gale-force NE winds and large
NE to N  swell will spread in behind the front tonight before a
narrow  high pressure ridge builds southward into the Bahamas
Mon night  through Wed. Large NE swell will build southward, W
of 70W,  tonight through Mon and persist through Wed before
gradually subsiding.

.OVERNIGHT...E winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft except 15 to 20
ft in the Gulfstream.
.TUE...SE winds 10 to 15 kt S of 27N, and E to SE 10 to 15 kt N
of 27N. Seas 5 to 7 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft.
.WED...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt S of 27N, and E to SE 5 to 10 kt
N of 27N. Seas 5 to 7 ft.
.WED NIGHT...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.
.THU...SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft.
.THU NIGHT...NW to N winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft.
.FRI...N winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft.
.FRI NIGHT...N to NE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft in N to NE
swell.
.SAT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft in NE swell.
.SAT NIGHT...SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft in NE swell.


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