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FZNT25 KNHC 171428
OFFN04

NAVTEX Marine Forecast
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL
1028 AM EDT Sat Mar 17 2018

...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 ridge over the northern Gulf will shift east
through Sun night ahead of a cold front moving off the Texas
coast Mon. The front will extend from the Florida Big Bend area
to Veracruz Mexico early Tue, just as a reinforcing push of cold
air moves off the Texas coast. The reinforcing front overtakes
the first front late Tue, accompanied by strong winds and
building seas over the northern Gulf. The merged front sweeps
southeast of the Gulf by early Wed. Winds and seas diminish
across the Gulf through late Wed as high pressure follows the
front across the northern Gulf.  

.THIS AFTERNOON...SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. 
.TONIGHT...SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. 
.SUN...SE to S winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. 
.SUN NIGHT...SE to S winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. 
.MON...S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. 
.MON NIGHT...S to SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. 
.TUE...S to SW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. 
.TUE NIGHT...W winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. 
.WED...NW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. 
.WED NIGHT...NW to N winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft.  

Within 200 nm east of the coast of Florida

.SYNOPSIS...A cold front accompanied by fresh to strong winds
and 8 to 12 ft seas will move across the waters N of 28N and E
of 70W through Sun. Another front will follow in the same area
through Mon. Southerly winds will increase off northeast Florida
and north of the Bahamas late Mon, then increasing further to
near gale force north of 27N with building seas late Tue through
Wed night as the low pressure moves off the Carolina coast. 

.THIS AFTERNOON...E to SE winds 5 to 10 kt S of 27N, and S to SW
10 to 15 kt N of 27N. Seas 2 ft or less. 
.TONIGHT...SE winds 5 to 10 kt S of 27N, and S to SW 15 to 20 kt
N of 27N. Seas 2 ft or less, building to 3 ft after midnight. 
.SUN...SW winds 5 to 10 kt S of 27N, and W 15 to 20 kt N of 27N.
Seas 3 ft early in the morning, subsiding to 2 ft or less. 
.SUN NIGHT...SE to S winds 5 to 10 kt S of 27N, and SW 10 to
15 kt N of 27N. Seas 2 ft or less. 
.MON...S to SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. 
.MON NIGHT...S to SW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. 
.TUE...S to SW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. 
.TUE NIGHT...SW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. 
.WED...W winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. 
.WED NIGHT...W to NW winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft.