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FZNT25 KNHC 291534
OFFN04

NAVTEX Marine Forecast
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL
1134 AM EDT Mon Apr 29 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 broad subtropical ridge in the western Atlantic
supports moderate to occasionally strong SE winds over much of
the Gulf. The high pressure system will weaken over the next few
days, resulting in diminishing winds and decreasing seas across
the basin. Elsewhere, winds will pulse to fresh to strong speeds
near the Yucatan Peninsula and south-central Gulf each evening
through the forecast period.

.THIS AFTERNOON...E to SE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft.
.TONIGHT...E to SE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.
.TUE...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft in the evening,
subsiding to 2 ft or less.
.WED...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less.
.WED NIGHT...NE to E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less.
.THU...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft.
.THU NIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft.
.FRI...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft.
.FRI NIGHT...NE to E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.

Within 200 nm east of the coast of Florida

.SYNOPSIS...Moderate to fresh W-NW winds behind a cold front
that moved to the central subtropical Atlantic waters this
morning will continue to affect the NE offshore waters N of 28N
through Tue evening. Long period northerly swell with peak seas
to 13 ft will start subsiding this evening as the front continues
to shift eastward. Fresh to locally strong winds will continue
over the waters S of 23N and W of 70W through late today,
especially in the approaches of the Windward Passage. More
tranquil marine conditions are expected afterwards as high
pressure becomes centered over the NW waters.

.THIS AFTERNOON...E to SE winds 15 to 20 kt S of 27N, and E to SE
10 to 15 kt N of 27N. Seas 3 to 5 ft.
.TONIGHT...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft.
.TUE...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Isolated
tstms.
.WED...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
.WED NIGHT...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft.
.THU...NE to E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less.
.THU NIGHT...NE to E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less,
building to 3 ft after midnight.
.FRI...NE to E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft.
.FRI NIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft.