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FZNT25 KNHC 180935
OFFN04

NAVTEX Marine Forecast
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL
535 AM 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...

Southeast Gulf of Mexico

.SYNOPSIS...A subtropical ridge over the western Atlantic will
sustain moderate to occasionally fresh easterly winds in the SE
Gulf through Sat night. A cold front is forecast to move into the
NW Gulf Sun afternoon, reach from Tampa Bay to 25N90W to SW to
22N95W Mon morning and exit the basin Mon night. Scattered
showers and thunderstorms could precede this front. Winds and seas
will diminish somewhat during the frontal passage.

.TODAY...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft.
.TONIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft.
.FRI...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less.
.FRI NIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less.
.SAT...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less.
.SAT NIGHT...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less.
.SUN...SE to S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less.
.SUN NIGHT...SE to S winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 ft.
.MON...SE to S winds 5 to 10 kt, shifting to NW to N in the
afternoon. Seas 2 ft or less.
.MON NIGHT...N to NE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less.

Within 200 nm east of the coast of Florida

.SYNOPSIS...High pressure over the western Atlantic will support
moderate to occasionally fresh easterly winds during the next
several days. A cold front will enter the waters off NE Florida
late Sun night. Scattered showers and thunderstorms could precede
this front.

.TODAY...E winds 10 to 15 kt S of 27N, and SE to S 5 to 10 kt N
of 27N. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
.TONIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt S of 27N, and SE 5 to 10 kt N of
27N. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
.FRI...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt S of 27N, and S to SW 5 to 10 kt
N of 27N. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
.FRI NIGHT...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft.
.SAT...SE to S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft.
.SAT NIGHT...SE to S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft.
.SUN...S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
.SUN NIGHT...SE to S winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
.MON...S to SW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft.
.MON NIGHT...SW to W winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft.