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FZNT25 KNHC 190353 CCA
OFFN04

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

CORRECTED GULF OF MEXICO SYNOPSIS...AND WITHIN 
200 NM E OF FLORIDA

...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 overnight. Fresh to strong S 
return flow will develop in the western Gulf of Mexico from 
overnight into Saturday morning. A strong cold front will reach 
the NW Gulf of Mexico on Saturday morning, with a line of 
rainshowers and thunder likely preceding 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 extend from 30N87W to 
25N90W to 19N96W on Saturday night, and from S Florida beyond NW 
Cuba by Sunday afternoon. 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 31N68W to central Cuba on Sunday night, from 28N65W to SE 
Cuba on Monday afternoon easter Cuba on Sunday night, from 
26N60W to SE Cuba on Monday night. The front will be weakening 
along 24N65W to 22N78W on Tuesday night. 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...N to NE winds less than 5 kt, shifting to SE in the
late evening and overnight. Seas 3 ft or less. 
.SAT...S winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 2 to 4 ft. 
.SAT NIGHT...S to SW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft, building 
to 7 to 10 ft in E swell late. Scattered showers. 
.SUN...W winds 25 to 35 kt. Seas 9 to 13 ft in SE swell. 
Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms. 
.SUN NIGHT...NW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 7 to 11 ft in SE to S 
swell. 
.MON...N winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. 
.MON NIGHT...NE winds 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. 
.TUE...E winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. 
.TUE NIGHT...SE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. 
.WED...SE to S winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. 
.WED NIGHT...SE to S winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft.