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FZNT27 KNHC 190150
OFFN06

NAVTEX Marine Forecast
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL
950 PM EDT Thu Apr 18 2024

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

.SYNOPSIS...High pressure extending across the basin from the
western Atlantic will prevail through Sat, with gentle to
moderate winds in the NE half of the basin, and moderate to
fresh in the SW half of the basin. Winds will pulse to fresh to
strong in the evenings NW of the Yucatan Peninsula through Sat
evening. A cold front is forecast to move into the NW Gulf Sat
night into Sun, stalling and dissipating near 24N early next
week. Fresh to locally strong winds and building seas may follow
the front Sun into Sun evening. High pressure will return
thereafter.

Northwest Gulf of Mexico

.OVERNIGHT...SE to S winds 10 to 15 kt after midnight.
Seas 3 to 5 ft.
.FRI...SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
.FRI NIGHT...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
.SAT...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
.SAT NIGHT...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
.SUN...NE to E winds 10 to 15 kt, shifting to N to NE 15 to
20 kt in the afternoon. Seas 3 to 5 ft.
.SUN NIGHT...NE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.
.MON...NE to E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.
.MON NIGHT...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft.
.TUE...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.

North Central and Northeast Gulf of Mexico

.OVERNIGHT...SE to S winds 5 to 10 kt after midnight.
Seas 3 to 4 ft.
.FRI...SE to S winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 ft.
.FRI NIGHT...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 ft in the evening,
subsiding to 2 ft or less.
.SAT...SE to S winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less.
.SAT NIGHT...SE to S winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less.
.SUN...S to SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less.
.SUN NIGHT...N winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
.MON...N to NE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
.MON NIGHT...NE to E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
.TUE...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft in the
evening, subsiding to 2 ft or less.