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FZNT25 KNHC 311702
OFFN04

NAVTEX Marine Forecast
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL
1202 PM EST Wed Jan 31 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...Weak high pressure is centered across the NW Gulf.
Aside from some fresh NE winds in the NE Gulf today, quiescent
marine conditions will prevail through Fri as high pressure
dominates. Fresh to strong SE to S winds and showers and
thunderstorms are expected to develop over the western Gulf Fri
night, then spread east into Sun, in advance of the next cold
front. By Sun night, this cold front will likely cross the Gulf,
with strong to near gale-force W to NW winds behind it.  

.TODAY...NW to N winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. 
.TONIGHT...N winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. 
.THU...NE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. 
.THU NIGHT...NE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 ft in the evening,
subsiding to 2 ft or less. 
.FRI...E to SE winds less than 5 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. 
.FRI NIGHT...NE to E winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. 
.SAT...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. 
.SAT NIGHT...SE winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 3 ft, building to 4 to
6 ft after midnight. 
.SUN...SW winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. 
.SUN NIGHT...W winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft.  

Within 200 nm east of the coast of Florida

.SYNOPSIS...A cold front extending from 24N55W to Puerto Rico 
will stall through tonight, then dissipate by Thu. Otherwise
weak high pressure and moderate to large NW swell will prevail
across  the remaining waters through tonight. Low pressure
offshore North Carolina will move E-SE along 31N-33N through
Fri, before lifting NE away from the area. Strong to gale-force
cyclonic winds will  accompany this broad low pressure for
waters N of 24N tonight  into Fri. Marine conditions will
improve considerably Sat as a  weak frontal system moves E
across the region. 

.TODAY...W to NW winds 10 to 15 kt S of 27N, and W 20 to 25 kt N
of 27N. Seas 4 to 6 ft. 
.TONIGHT...NW winds 15 to 20 kt S of 27N, and NW to N 20 to 30 kt
N of 27N. Seas 6 to 8 ft. 
.THU...N to NE winds 10 to 15 kt S of 27N, and N 15 to 20 kt N of
27N. Seas 6 to 8 ft. 
.THU NIGHT...N to NE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft in N to NE
swell. 
.FRI...NW to N winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft in NE swell. 
.FRI NIGHT...NW to N winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. 
.SAT...NE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. 
.SAT NIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. 
.SUN...SE to S winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. 
.SUN NIGHT...S to SW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft.