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FZNT25 KNHC 201436
OFFN04

NAVTEX Marine Forecast
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL
1036 AM EDT Sun May 20 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 will remain over the northern Gulf Coast 
through Thu night. A surface trough will drift westward from the 
Florida Straits to the central Gulf by Tue. A trough will develop 
by evening each day over the Yucatan Peninsula, then move W over 
the SW waters and dissipate by mid morning. An area of low 
pressure is forecast to develop over the NW Caribbean Sea could 
cause winds and seas to gradually increase over the SE Gulf waters
and Straits of Florida late Thu and Fri. 

.THIS AFTERNOON...E to SE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms. 
.TONIGHT...E to SE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft.
Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms. 
.MON...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft.
Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms. 
.MON NIGHT...E to SE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms. 
.TUE...SE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. 
.TUE NIGHT...SE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. 
.WED...SE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. 
.WED NIGHT...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. 
.THU...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. 
.THU NIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft.  

Within 200 nm east of the coast of Florida

.SYNOPSIS...An east to west ridge will reside near 30N through 
mid week. The ridge will support fresh to locally strong E to SE 
winds mainly S of 26N,including the Old Bahama Channel, and the 
approaches to the Windward Passage. 

.THIS AFTERNOON...E to SE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. 
Winds and seas higher in and near scattered showers and isolated 
thunderstorms.
.TONIGHT...E to SE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.
Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms. 
.MON...E to SE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.
Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms. 
.MON NIGHT...E to SE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.
Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms. 
.TUE...SE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. 
.TUE NIGHT...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. 
.WED...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. 
.WED NIGHT...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. 
.THU...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. 
.THU NIGHT...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.