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FZNT25 KNHC 202030
OFFN04

NAVTEX Marine Forecast
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL
430 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 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 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 the southeast
winds in the western Gulf starting on Thu.

.TONIGHT...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
.SUN...S of 24N, SE to S winds 10 to 15 kt. N of 24N, SE winds
10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
.SUN NIGHT...S of 24N, NE to E winds 10 kt. N of 24N, variable
winds less than 5 kt, becoming NE 10 kt late. Seas 2 to 3 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 3 to 4 ft.
.MON NIGHT...N to NE winds 10 to 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 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.
.THU...NE to E winds 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
.THU NIGHT...E 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 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 from near 31N62W to
25N65W to near the Dominican Republic Thu and Thu night. 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 throughout.

.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.
.THU...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
.THU NIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.