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FZNT25 KNHC 031501
OFFN04

NAVTEX Marine Forecast
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL
1001 AM EST Thu Jan 3 2019

...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 stationary front extends from the Florida
panhandle to a low pressure system centered south of Houston TX
to central Mexico. Reinforcing cold air will force the front
eastward later today as a cold front, extending from Mobile AL
to the Isthmus of Tehuantepec tonight, from central Florida to
Yucatan peninsula Fri night, then sweep SE of the Gulf on Sat.
Fresh to strong winds will follow the front across the western
Gulf tonight and Fri. Winds and seas will diminish Fri night and
Sat west of the front.  

.TODAY...SE to S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Isolated
showers. 
.TONIGHT...SE to S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft early in the
evening, subsiding to 2 ft or less. Isolated showers. 
.FRI...SW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 2 ft or less, building to 3 to
4 ft in the afternoon. Scattered thunderstorms. 
.FRI NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Scattered
showers. 
.SAT...NW to N winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. 
.SAT NIGHT...N to NE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. 
.SUN...NE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. 
.SUN NIGHT...NE to E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. 
.MON...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. 
.MON NIGHT...NE to E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less.  

Within 200 nm east of the coast of Florida

.SYNOPSIS...Broad high pressure across the west-central Atlantic
will weaken and shift eastward through Fri. A cold front moving
off the coast of NE Florida Fri night will reach from Bermuda to
Cuba Sat night, then flatten out to weaken along 23N Sun and
Mon. 

.TODAY...SE winds 15 to 20 kt S of 27N, and S 10 to 15 kt N of
27N. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Slight chance of showers. 
.TONIGHT...SE to S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. Slight chance of
showers. 
.FRI...S winds 10 to 15 kt S of 27N, and S 15 to 20 kt N of 27N.
Seas 3 to 5 ft. Slight chance of showers. 
.FRI NIGHT...SW winds 10 to 15 kt S of 27N, and SW to W 20 to
25 kt N of 27N. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Chance of showers. 
.SAT...W to NW winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. 
.SAT NIGHT...NW to N winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. 
.SUN...N to NE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. 
.SUN NIGHT...NE to E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. 
.MON...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. 
.MON NIGHT...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less.