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FZNT25 KNHC 121331
OFFN04

NAVTEX Marine Forecast
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL
931 AM EDT Sun May 12 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 dissipating cold front from near Florida Bay to
26N87W continues as a warm front to the middle Texas coast. The
front will wash out through the day. High pressure will build in
its wake tonight through the early part of the week. An inverted
trough may develop over the western Gulf early this week where
it may linger through at least mid-week. Mainly moderate to
fresh return flow will dominate the basin, pulsing to strong
near the Yucatan Peninsula and Yucatan Channel. Meanwhile, haze
due to agricultural fires in Mexico continues across most of the
western Gulf and Bay of Campeche.

.THIS AFTERNOON...E winds 5 to 10 kt in the afternoon.
Seas 2 ft or less.
.TONIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less.
.MON...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less, building to 3 ft
in the afternoon.
.MON NIGHT...SE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
.TUE...S winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft.
.WED...SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft.
.WED NIGHT...S to SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft.
.THU...S to SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft.
.THU NIGHT...SE to S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft.

Within 200 nm east of the coast of Florida

.SYNOPSIS...A cold front extends from just SE of Bermuda to near
the upper Florida Keys with scattered thunderstorms ahead of it N
of 26N, along with moderate to fresh SW winds and seas up to 7 ft
there. The front will weaken as it reaches from near 31N60W the
Central Bahamas by early Mon, then dissipating from near 27N55W to
22N65W by early Tue with high pressure building in its wake. Fresh
to strong southerly winds and building seas are forecast offshore
N Florida by Tue ahead of another possible cold front. That front
may reach from near 31N76W to 27N80W by early Thu.

.THIS AFTERNOON...N to NE winds 5 to 10 kt in the afternoon.
Seas 2 ft or less.
.TONIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt S of 27N, and NE to E 5 to 10 kt N
of 27N. Seas 2 ft or less.
.MON...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less.
.MON NIGHT...E to SE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
.TUE...SE to S winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...SE to S winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 3 ft S of 27N, and
4 to 6 ft N of 27N.
.WED...S to SW winds 15 to 20 kt. S of 27N, seas 3 ft in the
morning, subsiding to 2 ft or less. N of 27N, seas 4 to 6 ft.
.WED NIGHT...S to SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less S of
27N, and 3 to 5 ft N of 27N.
.THU...SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less S of 27N, and 3 to
5 ft N of 27N.
.THU NIGHT...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less S of 27N, and
3 ft N of 27N.