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973
FZNT25 KNHC 230237
OFFN04

NAVTEX Marine Forecast
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL
1037 PM EDT Sun Sep 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...Disorganized showers and thunderstorms located over
the NW Caribbean and parts of Central America are associated
with broad low pressure. Environmental conditions appear
conducive for development, and a tropical depression or tropical
storm is likely to form during the next few days while the
system moves north across the NW Caribbean and into the SE Gulf
of Mexico. Later this week, the low is forecast to move
generally north across the eastern Gulf of Mexico. Regardless of
development, winds and seas will significantly increase across
the eastern Gulf this week. There is a medium chance of tropical
formation within the next 48 hours and a high chance over the
next 7 days.

.OVERNIGHT...E winds 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. Scattered showers
and isolated tstms.
.MON...E winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. Scattered showers
and isolated tstms.
.MON NIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less, building to
3 ft after midnight. Scattered showers and isolated tstms.
.TUE...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Scattered
tstms.
.TUE NIGHT...E to SE winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.
.WED...E to SE winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft.
.WED NIGHT...SE winds 25 to 30 kt. Seas 9 to 14 ft in SE to S
swell.
.THU...S winds 25 to 30 kt. Seas 11 to 16 ft in S swell.
.THU NIGHT...SW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 9 to 14 ft in SW swell.
.FRI...SW winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft in W to NW swell.
.FRI NIGHT...S to SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft.

Within 200 nm east of the coast of Florida

.SYNOPSIS...Low pressure is forecast to move northward through
the eastern Gulf of Mexico late this week, which may bringing
increasing winds and seas to areas offshore Florida and N of the
Bahamas.

.OVERNIGHT...E winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Scattered
showers and isolated tstms.
.MON...E winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
.MON NIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Scattered
showers and isolated tstms.
.TUE...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt S of 27N, and E 5 to 10 kt N of
27N. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Scattered tstms.
.TUE NIGHT...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft.
.WED...E to SE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft.
.WED NIGHT...SE winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft.
.THU...SE to S winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.
.THU NIGHT...SE to S winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft.
.FRI...S winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft.
.FRI NIGHT...S winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.