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FZNT25 KNHC 311430
OFFN04

NAVTEX Marine Forecast
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL
930 AM EST Mon Dec 31 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 nearly stationary front extends S from Western
Louisiana to Veracruz Mexico accompanied by patchy and locally
dense fog across the northern waters. The front will begin to
drift E tonight stalling again from Mobile Bay to Tampico,
Mexico late Tue. The front will drift back W over the NW gulf
waters on Wed, then move E again as a cold front on Wed night,
reaching from the Mississippi Delta to the Bay of Campeche on
Thu, reaching from the Florida Big Bend to the Yucatan Peninsula
on Fri, and move E of the area on Sat. 

.TODAY...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Areas of fog. 
.TONIGHT...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Areas of fog. 
.TUE...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Areas of fog. 
.TUE NIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less, building to
3 ft late. 
.WED...E to SE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. 
.WED NIGHT...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. 
.THU...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. 
.THU NIGHT...SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. 
.FRI...SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less, building to 3 ft
in the afternoon. 
.FRI NIGHT...NW to N winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.  

Within 200 nm east of the coast of Florida

.SYNOPSIS...A surface high is centered near 28N67W with a ridge 
E and W along 28N. The high will shift E of the area with the 
ridge shifting S allowing a weak cold front to move slowly into 
the NE waters, quickly stall and dissipate tonight. A second
cold  front will move off the N Florida coast late Fri
accompanied by a  strong wind shift to the N of 29N. This second
front will reach from Bermuda to the Central Bahamas on Sat 
night. Fresh to strong trades will continue along the N coast of 
Hispaniola and the Atlc approach to the Windward passage. 

.TODAY...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. 
.TONIGHT...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. 
.TUE...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. 
.TUE NIGHT...E winds 15 to 20 kt S of 27N, and SE to S 5 to 10 kt
N of 27N. Seas 3 to 4 ft. 
.WED...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft in the morning,
subsiding to 2 ft or less. 
.WED NIGHT...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. 
.THU...SE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. 
.THU NIGHT...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less, building to
3 ft after midnight. 
.FRI...SE to S winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. 
.FRI NIGHT...SW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft.