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FZNT25 KNHC 171403
OFFN04

NAVTEX Marine Forecast
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL
903 AM EST Mon Dec 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 will persist across the Gulf of Mexico
through Tue night as a high pressure center moves from eastern
Texas towards North Carolina. A low pressure system will move NE
from the coast of Texas Wed to the SE United States Thu,
dragging a cold front across the Gulf waters. Marine conditions
are expected to deteriorate across the region on Thu afternoon
as the low pressure deepens over the SE of United States. Strong
to minimal gale force winds are expected across the central and
northern Gulf Thu night and Fri.  

...GALE CONDITIONS POSSIBLE FRI...

.TODAY...N winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. 
.TONIGHT...N to NE winds 10 kt. Seas 3 ft. 
.TUE...NE to E winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 ft in the morning,
subsiding to 2 ft or less. 
.TUE NIGHT...E winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. 
.WED...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. 
.WED NIGHT...SE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 2 ft or less, building to
3 to 4 ft after midnight. 
.THU...SW winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. 
.THU NIGHT...W winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 7 to 9 ft,becoming 9 to
14 ft in W swell after midnight. 
.FRI...W winds 25 to 35 kt. Seas 13 to 18 ft in W swell. 
.FRI NIGHT...W to NW winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 12 to 17 ft in W to
NW swell.  

Within 200 nm east of the coast of Florida

.SYNOPSIS...A cold front extends from 31N65W to the central 
Bahamas then is stationary to E Cuba. The cold front will push E
 and extend from 28N65W across the SE Bahamas by this evening,
and from 25N65W to the Turks and Caicos by Tue evening. The
western  portion of the front is forecast to lift northward Wed
through Thu as another cold front moves across the Gulf of
Mexico. Expect  strong to gale force winds and building seas
mainly across the  waters N of the Bahamas late Thu through Fri
night as a low  pressure system deepens over the SE of United
States dragging a  cold front over the region. 

...GALE CONDITIONS POSSIBLE THU NIGHT THROUGH FRI NIGHT...

.TODAY...NW to N winds 10 to 15 kt S of 27N, and NW 10 to 15 kt N
of 27N. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms. 
.TONIGHT...N winds 10 to 15 kt S of 27N, and NW to N 5 to 10 kt N
of 27N. Seas 3 ft. Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms. 
.TUE...N to NE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 ft early in the morning,
subsiding to 2 ft or less. 
.TUE NIGHT...NE to E winds 5 to 10 kt S of 27N, and E 5 to 10 kt
N of 27N. Seas 2 ft or less. 
.WED...E to SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 ft. 
.WED NIGHT...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. 
.THU...S winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. 
.THU NIGHT...S to SW winds 25 to 35 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. 
.FRI...SW to W winds 25 to 35 kt. Seas 8 to 11 ft in SW to W
swell. 
.FRI NIGHT...W winds 25 to 35 kt. Seas 8 to 11 ft in W swell.