038
FZNT25 KNHC 230900
OFFN04

NAVTEX Marine Forecast
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL
500 AM EDT Mon Sep 23 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...Showers and thunderstorms are beginning to show
signs of organization with a broad low pressure centered over
the NW Caribbean. Environmental conditions appear favorable for
further development of this system, and a tropical depression or
storm is likely to form over the next couple of days as the low
moves north across the NW Caribbean and into the SE Gulf of
Mexico, where additional development is possible. Regardless of
development, heavy rain and increasing winds and seas are
expected across portions of the eastern Gulf of Mexico by the
middle of this week. There is a high chance of tropical
formation within the next 48 hours.

.TODAY...E winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. Scattered showers
and isolated tstms.
.TONIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less, building to
3 ft after midnight. Scattered showers and isolated tstms.
.TUE...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Scattered tstms.
.TUE NIGHT...E to SE winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Numerous
showers and scattered tstms.
.WED...E to SE winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft in SE swell.
.WED NIGHT...SE winds 25 to 30 kt. Seas 8 to 11 ft in SE to S
swell.
.THU...S to SW winds 25 to 30 kt. Seas 8 to 11 ft in S to SW
swell.
.THU NIGHT...SW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 8 to 11 ft in SW swell.
.FRI...SW winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft in W swell.
.FRI NIGHT...SW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft.

Within 200 nm east of the coast of Florida

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

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