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FZNT25 KNHC 170848
OFFN04

NAVTEX Marine Forecast
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL
448 AM EDT Fri May 17 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 stationary front from near Venice, Florida to SE
Louisiana has begun to drift northward as a warm front.
Scattered to numerous strong thunderstorms are north of 28N
between SE Louisiana and the Florida Panhandle and are shifting
eastward. The front will continue to lift northward and inland
through late today, with strong thunderstorms ahead of it. A
stationary front is across the Texas coastal waters and will
meander there today before shifting E across the northern Gulf
tonight through Mon, supported by a series of upper-level
disturbances moving from W to E. This will maintain active
weather over the northern Gulf through most of the weekend.
Elsewhere, moderate to fresh return flow will dominate the
basin, except pulsing to locally strong near the Yucatan
Peninsula and the Bay of Campeche through Sat night. Winds will
slightly weaken Sun into early next week as the pressure
gradient relaxes. Meanwhile, areas of haze and smoke due to
agricultural fires in Mexico continue across most of the western
Gulf and Bay of Campeche.

.TODAY...S winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft.
.TONIGHT...SE to S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.
.SAT...S winds 15 to 20 kt, diminishing to 5 to 10 kt in the
afternoon. Seas 4 to 6 ft in S to SW swell.
.SAT NIGHT...S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft.
.SUN...SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft.
.SUN NIGHT...NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
.MON...NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
.MON NIGHT...NE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 ft.
.TUE...NE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...NE to E winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 ft.

Within 200 nm east of the coast of Florida

.SYNOPSIS...A cold front extends from 31N67W southwestward to
the NW Bahamas. Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms are
 east of the front to near 62W and north of 27N. The cold front
will move slowly eastward, and shift east of 55W by Mon. Active
weather is expected to continue ahead of the front through Sun.
Fresh southerly winds ahead of the front will continue through
Fri afternoon, then become moderate Fri night through Sat
afternoon, then diminish further. Moderate to locally fresh
winds and moderate seas are expected through Sun night as weak
high pressure extends E to W along 24N-25N. A new front will
sink southward into the waters offshore of Georgia and NE
Florida early Mon and move SE and weaken through Tue.

.TODAY...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less.
.TONIGHT...SE winds 5 to 10 kt S of 27N, and SE to S 10 to 15 kt
N of 27N. Seas 2 ft or less.
.SAT...SE to S winds 10 to 15 kt S of 27N, and SW 5 to 10 kt N of
27N. Seas 2 ft or less. Isolated tstms.
.SAT NIGHT...S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less, building to
3 ft after midnight.
.SUN...S to SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft.
.SUN NIGHT...S to SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
.MON...W winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
.MON NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft.
.TUE...N winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...NE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft.