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FZNT25 KNHC 200842
OFFN04

NAVTEX Marine Forecast
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL
342 AM EST Sun Jan 20 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 strong cold front extends SSW from near the mouth
of the Suwannee River in Florida to the northern coast of the
Yucatan Peninsula near 21.5N88.5W to the SE Bay of Campeche near
18.5N92W. Showers and thunderstorms will accompany the front N
of 23N until the front exits SE of the Gulf later this morning.
Gales will continue along the coast of Mexico near Veracruz
until around sunrise this morning. Surface ridging southward
over the Gulf will shift E and allow strong SE to S return flow
to develop in the western Gulf of Mexico by Tue morning. The
strong return flow will expand to the eastern Gulf of Mexico Tue
night. Another strong cold front could enter the NW Gulf of
Mexico by Wed morning and introduce another round of gales to
the Mexican coast. 

.TODAY...NW winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 8 to 11 ft in W to NW swell. 
.TONIGHT...N winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft in W to NW swell.
.MON...NE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. 
.MON NIGHT...E winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. 
.TUE...E to SE winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. 
.TUE NIGHT...E to SE winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. 
.WED...SE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. 
.WED NIGHT...S winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. 
.THU...SW winds 15 to 20 kt, shifting to W to NW in the
afternoon. Seas 4 to 6 ft. 
.THU NIGHT...NW to N winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.  

Within 200 nm east of the coast of Florida

.SYNOPSIS...A strong cold front will move off the Florida coast 
by sunrise this morning. The front will then reach from 31N72W
to  the coast of Cuba near 23N80W tonight, from 30N65W to 26N70W
to  the coast of Cuba near 21N77W on Monday morning, from 27N65W
to  the coast of Cuba near 21N77W on Monday night. The front
will  begin weakening and become stationary on Tuesday afternoon
from  23N65W to near the Windward Passage. Minimal gale force
winds will be possible on either side of the front N of 28N and
W of 65W  from this morning through Monday morning. Seas will
build to near  20 feet in NW swell behind the front near 31N65W
on Tues. Strong  winds will develop between the front and 25N on
Tue as strong high pressure builds to the N of the front. These
winds will persist  through Wed night as the strong high slowly
shifts E over the  western Atlc near 35N. The next cold front
should push E from  Florida on Thu.

...GALE WARNING...

.TODAY...W winds 20 to 25 kt S of 27N, and W 25 to 35 kt N of 
27N. Seas 6 to 8 ft. Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms.
.TONIGHT...S of 27N, NW to N winds 20 to 25 kt. N of 27N, NW
winds 20 to 30 kt, shifting to NW to N 15 to 20 kt late. Seas
6 to 9 ft. Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms. 
.MON...N to NE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. 
.MON NIGHT...NE to E 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 20 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. 
.WED NIGHT...SE to S winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. 
.THU...S winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. 
.THU NIGHT...SW to W winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.