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FZNT25 KNHC 271537
OFFN04

NAVTEX Marine Forecast
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL
1137 AM EDT Tue Oct 27 2020

...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...Tropical Storm Zeta near 21.6N 89.5W 985 mb at 11 AM
EDT moving NW at 12 kt. Maximum sustained winds 55 kt gusts
65 kt. Zeta will strengthen to a hurricane near 23.1N 90.9W this
evening with maximum sustained winds 70 kt gusts to 85 kt, move
to near 25.7N 91.6W Wed morning, then begin to accelerate in a
north- northeast motion to near 29.3N 89.9W Wed evening. Zeta
will move inland and weaken to a tropical depression well north
of the area near 34.2N 85.2W Thu morning. Numerous squalls and
thunderstorms will continue to move across the Yucatan Channel
from the northwestern Caribbean Sea through late Wed. A cold
front just offshore the Texas coast will become stationary today
through tonight. Another cold front will move into the NW Gulf
Wed and stretch from Florida to the Yucatan Peninsula by late
Thu. It will reach to near western Cuba Fri night. Fresh to
locally strong northerly winds will follow behind the front
through Fri night.  

.THIS AFTERNOON...SE winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 9 to 13 ft in
SE swell. Isolated showers and thunderstorms. 
.TONIGHT...SE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft in SE swell.
Isolated showers and thunderstorms.
.WED...SE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. Isolated showers
and thunderstorms.
.WED NIGHT...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Isolated
showers and thunderstorms.
.THU...SE winds 10 kt. Seas 2 to 4 ft. 
.THU NIGHT...Variable winds less than 5 kt, becoming NE 10 kt
late. Seas 3 ft or less. 
.FRI...N to NE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft or less. 
.FRI NIGHT...NE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 to 4 ft. 
.SAT...NE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 to 4 ft. 
.SAT NIGHT...NE to E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 to 4 ft


Within 200 nm east of the coast of Florida

.SYNOPSIS...The pressure gradient between high pressure in the
central Atlantic and Tropical Storm Zeta, currently along the
coast of the northern Yucatan Peninsula, will continue to allow 
for moderate to fresh southeast winds over the southwest part of
the area through Thu. A cold front will move into the NW waters 
Fri, with some strong southwest winds ahead of it. The front will 
reach from near 29N65W to the central Bahamas by late Sat. Fresh 
to strong northeast to east winds will follow this front, mainly 
north of about 28N,through the weekend. A combination of northerly
and easterly swell generated from a tropical wave passing over 
the southeastern waters Wed will maintain relatively high seas 
north and east of Puerto Rico and the Leeward Islands into Thu.

.THIS AFTERNOON...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. 
.TONIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. 
.WED...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. 
.WED NIGHT...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. 
.THU...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. 
.THU NIGHT...SE to S winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. 
.FRI...S to SW winds 10 to 15 kt, shifting to NW in the
afternoon. Seas 3 to 5 ft. 
.FRI NIGHT...NE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
.SAT...NE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. 
.SAT NIGHT...NE to E winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.