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FZNT25 KNHC 030132
OFFN04

NAVTEX Marine Forecast
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL
932 PM EDT Sun Jun 2 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 ridge will dominate the Gulf waters through the
next several days, supporting generally moderate to fresh E to
SE winds in the western Gulf and gentle to moderate winds E of
90W, except for locally strong winds pulsing near the northern
and western portions of the Yucatan peninsula tonight, then
pulsing to fresh in the evenings thereafter. By the end of the
week, the ridge may weaken allowing for winds to diminish
somewhat. Hazy conditions due to agricultural fires over Central
America and Mexico will continue for the next couple of days
reducing visibility to 3 nm at times, mainly over the western
half of the Gulf.

.OVERNIGHT...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt late. Seas 3 ft.
Haze. Chance of tstms.
.MON...E winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. Haze.
Chance of tstms.
.MON NIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less.
Showers likely and chance of tstms.
.TUE...E winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less.
Scattered showers and isolated tstms.
.TUE NIGHT...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less.
.WED...E to SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less.
.WED NIGHT...E to SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less.
.THU...E winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less.
.THU NIGHT...N to NE winds 5 to 10 kt, shifting to SE to S late.
Seas 2 ft or less.
.FRI...NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less.
.FRI NIGHT...NW to N winds 5 to 10 kt, shifting to SW to W late.
Seas 2 ft or less.

Within 200 nm east of the coast of Florida

.SYNOPSIS...A cold front extending SW from 27N55W, transitioning
to a stationary front near 25N65W, and then continuing to the
southern Bahamas adjacent waters will become fully stationary
along 25N tonight, and weaken into a surface trough by Mon
evening. Energy associated with a convectively active tropical
wave, currently over the W Caribbean will lift NNE and merge with
this trough by Tue. Afterwards, the trough will drift eastward and
move to the central subtropical Atlantic waters Thu into Fri.
Fresh to occasionally strong SW winds are forecast ahead of this
trough as it crosses the north-central and then eastern offshore
waters. Ridging will build across the basin Thu through Fri night.

.OVERNIGHT...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt late. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
Chance of showers and isolated tstms.
.MON...NE to E winds 10 to 15 kt S of 27N, and E 5 to 10 kt
N of 27N. Seas 2 ft or less S of 27N, and 3 to 5 ft N of 27N.
Slight chance of tstms.
.MON NIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less S of 27N, and
3 to 5 ft N of 27N. Chance of tstms.
.TUE...NE to E winds 5 to 10 kt S of 27N, and NE to E 10 to 15 kt
N of 27N. Seas 2 ft or less S of 27N, and 3 ft N of 27N.
Chance of tstms.
.TUE NIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less S of 27N, and
3 ft N of 27N.
.WED...E winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less S of 27N, and 3 ft
N of 27N.
.WED NIGHT...SE winds 5 to 10 kt. S of 27N, seas 2 ft or less.
N of 27N, seas 3 ft, subsiding to 2 ft or less.
.THU...SE to S winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less.
.THU NIGHT...S winds 10 to 15 kt. S of 27N, seas 2 ft or less.
N of 27N, seas 2 ft or less, building to 3 ft late.
.FRI...SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less S of 27N, and 3 ft
N of 27N.
.FRI NIGHT...SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less S of 27N,
and 3 ft N of 27N.