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FZNT25 KNHC 201545
OFFN04

NAVTEX Marine Forecast
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL
1145 AM EDT Sat Apr 20 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...High pressure extending across the basin from the
western Atlantic will prevail through today, with gentle to
moderate winds in the northeast half of the basin, and moderate
to fresh in the SW half of the basin. Winds will pulse fresh to
strong in the evenings NW of the Yucatan Peninsula through at
least this evening. A cold front is forecast to move into the NW
Gulf late tonight into early Sun, stalling and dissipating near
23N early next week. Fresh to locally strong winds and building
seas may follow the front through Sun night. High pressure will
again dominate the basin by Tue and continue into Wed night.

.THIS AFTERNOON...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
.TONIGHT...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
.SUN...SE to S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
.SUN NIGHT...NE to E winds 10 kt S of 24N, and variable less than
5 kt N of 24N. Seas 2 to 4 ft.
.MON...S of 24N, NE to E winds 10 kt in the morning, becoming
variable less than 5 kt. N of 24N, N to NE winds 10 to 15 kt.
Seas 2 to 4 ft.
.MON NIGHT...NE winds 10 to 15 kt. S of 24N, seas 3 ft or less,
building to 2 to 4 ft late. N of 24N, seas 3 to 5 ft.
.TUE...NE to E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...NE to E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft.
.WED...NE winds 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
.WED NIGHT...NE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.

Within 200 nm east of the coast of Florida

.SYNOPSIS...High pressure over the region will remain through
Sun night supporting mainly gentle to moderate winds. A cold
front is forecast to over the waters east of northeast Florida
Sun night, then reach from 31N72W to near Jupiter, Florida Mon
evening, from near 31N69W to the central Bahamas Tue evening and
from near Bermuda to the southeastern Bahamas Wed evening.
Moderate to fresh winds, locally strong near 31N, are forecast to
accompany the front, along with building seas. Otherwise seas will
be mainly slight to moderate.

.THIS AFTERNOON...SE to S winds 10 to 15 kt S of 27N, and SW winds
10 to 15 kt N of 27N. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
.TONIGHT...SE to S winds 10 to 15 kt S of 27N, and S to SW winds
10 to 15 kt N of 27N. Seas 3 to 5 ft.
.SUN...S of 27N, SE to S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. N of
27N, S to SW winds 10 to 15 kt N of 27N, except E of 79W 15 to 20
kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft, except 4 to 6 ft N of 29N. Scattered showers
and isolated thunderstorms N of 29N.
.SUN NIGHT...N of 27N, SE to S winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6
ft. S of 27N, SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Scattered
showers and isolated thunderstorms ahead of front.
.MON...N of 27N, W winds 10 to 15 kt except N of 29N N winds 10 to
15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft, except N of 29N 6 to 8 ft in NE swell. S of
27N, S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft.
.MON NIGHT...N of 27N, NW to N winds 15 to 20 kt except N of 29N
N to NE winds 20 to 25 kt W of 79W and N winds 15 to 20 kt E of
79W. Seas 6 to 9 ft in N to NE swell, except N of 29N 8 to 11 ft.
S of 27N, In the open Atlc waters, variable winds less than
5 kt. Elsewhere, SW to W winds 10 kt, shifting to N late. Seas
3 to 4 ft.
.TUE...N of 27N, NE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft in N to NE
swell. S of 27N, S to SW winds 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...N of 27N, E to SE winds 10 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft in N to
NE swell. S of 27N, NE to E winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft in E
swell.
.WED...N of 27N, variable winds less than 5 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft in
NE to E swell. S of 27N, NE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft.
.WED NIGHT...N of 27N, variable winds less than 5 kt. Seas 3 to 5
ft in NE to E swell. S of 27N, NE to E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas
4 to 6 ft.