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FZNT25 KNHC 221748
OFFN04

NAVTEX Marine Forecast
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL
148 PM EDT Fri Mar 22 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...Strong thunderstorms are occurring over portions of
the central and southeastern Gulf of Mexico in association with
a stationary front and a pair of 1006 mb lows along the front.
This system will move E today and then inland across Florida
tonight. Strong to near gale-force southerly winds are expected
over the eastern Gulf today, mainly associated with the
thunderstorm activity. Some of the thunderstorms could be severe
with gale force gusts and frequent lightning. A trailing cold
front is located over the NW Gulf of Mexico and will reach from
near Pensacola, FL to near Veracruz, Mexico this evening, and
exit the basin to the SE late Sat afternoon. Fresh to strong
northerly winds will spill across the basin well behind the
front tonight through Sat. High pressure in the wake of the
front will quickly shift eastward from late Sat night through
Sun night, allowing for fresh to strong southerly winds to
develop over the western Gulf, ahead of the next cold front.
Strong southerly winds will shift to the central and eastern
Gulf early Mon through Mon night as a cold front enters the
western Gulf late Mon night.

...GALE WARNING...

.THIS AFTERNOON...SE to S winds 25 to 35 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft.
Numerous showers and tstms.
.TONIGHT...E winds 25 to 35 kt, shifting to S to SW 15 to 20 kt
after midnight. Seas 6 to 9 ft. Scattered tstms.
.SAT...W winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. Scattered showers and
tstms.
.SAT NIGHT...NW winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft.
.SUN...N to NE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft in NW swell.
.SUN NIGHT...NE to E winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.
.MON...E to SE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.
.MON NIGHT...E to SE winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.
.TUE...SE winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...SE to S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft in SE
swell.

Within 200 nm east of the coast of Florida

.SYNOPSIS...Atlantic high pressure is centered along the middle
Atlantic coast of the U.S. and will shift E-NE and strengthen
through the weekend. Fresh to strong SE to S winds E of Florida
will increase to strong to near-gale force this afternoon, as
low pressure tracks eastward across the Gulf of Mexico, and then
inland across the southeastern U.S. tonight. Strong southerly
winds will expand in coverage between Florida and 67W, ahead of a
cold front, increasing to gale-force tonight from the Bahamas
northward. Strong to severe thunderstorms with frequent gusts to
gale force and frequent lightning are expected tonight through Sat
offshore southern and central Florida, the Straits of Florida,
and the Bahamas. The gale force S winds will move slowly E across
the forecast waters, mainly N of 26N, through Sun. The front will
exit NE Florida Sat afternoon, reach from near 31N72W to central
Cuba on Sun morning, from 31N64W to the Windward Passage by Mon
morning, then weaken considerably as it moves SE across the NE
Caribbean and adjacent Atlantic waters through Tue. Strong to near
gale-force NE winds and large NE to N swell will follow the front
Sun through Mon to the east of northern and central Florida.

...GALE WARNING...

.THIS AFTERNOON...SE winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. Scattered
showers and tstms.
.TONIGHT...SE to S winds 25 to 35 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft in E to SE
swell, except 8 to 12 ft N of 27N. Scattered tstms.
.SAT...S of 27N, SW winds 25 to 35 kt. N of 27N, S winds 25 to 35
kt, shifting to SW to W 20 to 25 kt in the afternoon. Seas 7 to 10
ft. Numerous showers and tstms.
.SAT NIGHT...W winds 20 to 30 kt S of 27N, and W 20 to 25 kt N of
27N. Seas 6 to 9 ft. Scattered showers and isolated tstms.
.SUN...NW to N winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft.
.SUN NIGHT...N to NE winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft in N to
NE swell.
.MON...NE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft in N to NE swell.
.MON NIGHT...NE to E winds 15 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft in NE swell.
.TUE...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft in NE swell.
.TUE NIGHT...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft in NE to E
swell.


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