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FZNT25 KNHC 222045
OFFN04

NAVTEX Marine Forecast
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL
445 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 southeastern Gulf of Mexico in association with a stationary
front and a pair of 1007 mb lows along the front. This system
will move E this evening and then inland across Florida tonight.
Strong to gale-force southerly winds are expected over the
eastern Gulf through early this evening, mainly associated with
the thunderstorm activity. Some of the thunderstorms could be
severe with higher gusts and frequent lightning. A trailing cold
front is located over the NW Gulf of Mexico from 29.5N91W to
26.5N95W and will reach from near Tallahassee, FL to near 22N91W
Sat morning, and exit the basin to the SE by early Sat evening.
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 Mon night. Fresh to strong N winds are briefly
expected Tue behind the front over the SW Gulf of Mexico. The
front will slow down and weaken mid-week over the eastern Gulf.

...GALE WARNING...

.REST OF THIS AFTERNOON...Winds 25 to 35 kt. Seas 7 to 9 ft.
.TONIGHT...E to SE winds 25 to 35 kt, becoming S 10 to 15 kt
after midnight. Seas 6 to 8 ft in SE swell. Scattered tstms.
.SAT...W winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. Scattered tstms.
.SAT NIGHT...NW winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft in W to NW
swell.
.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 5 to 7 ft.
.MON...E to SE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.
.MON NIGHT...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 to S
swell.
.WED...SE to S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.
.WED NIGHT...S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.

Within 200 nm east of the coast of Florida

.SYNOPSIS...Atlantic high pressure centered along the middle
Atlantic coast of the U.S. will shift E-NE and strengthen
through the weekend. Strong to near-gale force SE to S winds E
of Florida will increase to gale force this evening, as low
pressure tracks eastward across the Gulf of Mexico, and then
inland across the southeastern U.S. tonight. Strong southerly
winds will expand elsewhere between Florida and 67W. 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 31N73W to central
Cuba on Sun morning, from 31N66W to eastern Cuba by Mon morning,
then weaken considerably as it moves SE across the 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...

.TONIGHT...SE to S winds 25 to 35 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft in SE
swell. Scattered tstms.
.SAT...S to SW winds 25 to 35 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft in SE to S
swell. Numerous showers and scattered 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 winds 20 to 25 kt S of 27N, and N 20 to 30 kt N of 27N.
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 to E winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft in N to NE
swell.
.MON NIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft in NE swell.
.TUE...E to SE 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
swell.
.WED...SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft in NE swell.
.WED NIGHT...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.


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