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FZNT25 KNHC 210135
OFFN04

NAVTEX Marine Forecast
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL
935 PM 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 begin to shift eastward tonight as a
rather weak cold front approaches the NW Gulf coast. Winds will
generally remain at gentle to moderate speeds throughout tonight
into early Sun. Winds will pulse fresh to strong this evening
near the northern Yucatan Peninsula. The cold front is forecast
to move into the NW Gulf late tonight into early Sun, then reach
the southeastern Gulf Mon evening as it weakens. Fresh to
locally strong winds and building seas will follow the front
through Sun night, with fresh to strong winds persisting near
Veracruz through Mon evening. High pressure will again settle
over the region by Tue and change little through Thu night. The
pressure gradient between the high pressure and lower pressure
over the southern Plains is expected to increase SE winds in the
western Gulf starting on Thu.

.OVERNIGHT...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less.
.SUN...S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less.
.SUN NIGHT...N winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less.
.MON...N winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
.MON NIGHT...N to NE winds 15 kt. 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 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
.WED...NE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less.
.WED NIGHT...NE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less.
.THU...NE to E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less.
.THU NIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 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 move 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, from near Bermuda to the southeastern Bahamas Wed
evening, then weaken to a nearly stationary trough on Thu and
Thu night from 31N62W to 25N65W and to near the Dominican
Republic. Fresh to strong winds, locally near gale-force near
31N, are forecast to accompany the front N of 27N through Tue,
along with building seas. Otherwise, seas will be mainly slight to
moderate throughout.

.OVERNIGHT...SE to S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft.
.SUN...S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less S of 27N, and 3 to
5 ft N of 27N.
.SUN NIGHT...S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less S of 27N, and
3 to 5 ft N of 27N. Scattered showers.
.MON...S winds 5 to 10 kt S of 27N, and W 10 to 15 kt N of 27N.
Seas 2 ft or less S of 27N, and 3 to 5 ft N of 27N.
.MON NIGHT...N winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 2 ft or less S of 27N, and
6 to 8 ft N of 27N.
.TUE...NE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft S of 27N, and 6 to
8 ft N of 27N.
.TUE NIGHT...NE to E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.
.WED...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft.
.WED NIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
.THU...E winds 10 to 15 kt. S of 27N, seas 3 ft in the morning,
subsiding to 2 ft or less. N of 27N, seas 3 to 5 ft.
.THU NIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. S of 27N, seas 2 ft or less,
building to 3 ft late. N of 27N, seas 3 to 4 ft.