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FZNT25 KNHC 190255
OFFN04

NAVTEX Marine Forecast
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL
955 PM EST Fri Jan 18 2019

...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 surface ridge from the W Atlantic Ocean to the N
central Gulf of Mexico will shift E today. Fresh to strong S
return flow will develop in the western Gulf of Mexico from
tonight through Saturday. A strong cold front is expected to
reach the NW Gulf of Mexico on Saturday morning. It is likely
that a line of rainshowers and thunderstorms will precede the
front. Winds to gale force are expected behind the front along
the coast of Mexico near Tampico on Saturday afternoon shifting
to near Veracruz on Saturday night. The front will exit from the
Gulf of Mexico by Sunday evening, and allow strong winds to
taper off across the basin by sunrise on Monday.  

.TONIGHT...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. 
.SAT...SE to S winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 2 ft or less, building to
3 to 5 ft in the late morning and afternoon. 
.SAT NIGHT...SW to W winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. 
.SUN...NW winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 8 to 11 ft in W to NW swell. 
.SUN NIGHT...NW to N winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 8 to 11 ft in W to
NW swell. 
.MON...NE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft in W to NW swell. 
.MON NIGHT...E winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. 
.TUE...E to SE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. 
.TUE NIGHT...E to SE winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. 
.WED...SE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. 
.WED NIGHT...SE to S winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft.  

Within 200 nm east of the coast of Florida

.SYNOPSIS...Weak high pressure will drift eastward from the SE 
United States toward Bermuda through Sat afternoon. Winds will 
veer to the S, and then strengthen from Saturday afternoon 
through Sunday morning E of Florida, and ahead of a strong cold 
front. The strong cold front will push off the Florida coast on
Sunday morning, and extend from 31N79W to 28N80W, then reach
from 31N74W to 27N75W to easter Cuba on Sunday night, and
finally stretch from 31N66W to 25N68W to N Haiti at the start of
Monday morning. Minimal gale force winds will be possible on
either side of the front N of 28N and W of 60W from Sunday
through Monday. Seas may build as high as 20 feet in NW swell
behind the front near 31N65W on Tuesday.  

...GALE WARNING...

.TONIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt S of 27N, and E to SE 5 to 10 kt N
of 27N. Seas 2 ft or less. 
.SAT...SE winds 10 to 15 kt S of 27N, and SE to S 15 to 20 kt N
of 27N. Seas 2 ft or less. 
.SAT NIGHT...S winds 15 to 20 kt S of 27N, and S to SW 20 to
30 kt N of 27N. Seas 4 to 6 ft. 
.SUN...W winds 20 to 25 kt S of 27N, and W 20 to 30 kt N of 27N.
Seas 6 to 9 ft. Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms. 
.SUN NIGHT...NW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft.
.MON...N winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. 
.MON NIGHT...NE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.
.TUE...E winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. 
.TUE NIGHT...E to SE winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. 
.WED...SE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. 
.WED NIGHT...SE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft.