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FZNT25 KNHC 251521
OFFN04

NAVTEX Marine Forecast
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL
1021 AM EST Mon Feb 25 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 cold front cuts across South Florida near
25.5N81W, to the south central Gulf of Mexico near 23.5N90W, to
20N94W. The front will reach the Florida Bay to the central Bay
of Campeche this evening, where it will stall briefly. The
weakening front will lift northward from late tonight through
Tuesday, and dissipate across the NE Gulf of Mexico by late
Wednesday night. Moderate return flow will dominate the western
Gulf of Mexico from Wednesday through Friday, as high pressure
from the Atlantic Ocean builds westward across the area.  

.TODAY...NE to E winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. 
.TONIGHT...E winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Scattered
showers. 
.TUE...E to SE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Scattered
showers and isolated thunderstorms. 
.TUE NIGHT...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft until
early morning, subsiding to 2 ft or less. Scattered showers. 
.WED...SE winds 5 to 10 kt, shifting to S to SW in the afternoon.
Seas 2 ft or less. 
.WED NIGHT...N winds 5 to 10 kt, shifting to E to SE after
midnight. Seas 2 ft or less. 
.THU...S to SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. 
.THU NIGHT...W winds less than 5 kt, shifting to SE to S after
midnight. Seas 2 ft or less. 
.FRI...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. 
.FRI NIGHT...W winds 5 to 10 kt, shifting to S to SW after
midnight. Seas 2 ft or less.  

Within 200 nm east of the coast of Florida

.SYNOPSIS...A surface ridge extends from a 1025 mb high pressure
center that is near 29N45W, westward to Andros Island in the 
Bahamas. The ridge will shift ENE, into the central Atlantic 
Ocean by this evening. A cold front from 31N70W to Miami 
Florida, will reach from Bermuda to the Florida Keys by midday, 
before stalling and weakening along 26N through Tuesday night. 
High pressure behind the front will shift eastward across the 
western Atlantic Ocean from this afternoon through Wednesday 
night. A coastal trough will develop just offshore of the 
southeastern U.S. on Wednesday, and then shift eastward across 
the northern waters from Thursday through Friday. 

.TODAY...NE winds 15 to 20 kt S of 27N, and N to NE 15 to 20 kt N
of 27N. Seas 4 to 6 ft in NE swell. 
.TONIGHT...NE to E winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. 
.TUE...E to SE winds 15 to 20 kt S of 27N, and E 15 to 20 kt N of
27N. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Scattered showers. 
.TUE NIGHT...SE winds 10 to 15 kt S of 27N, and E to SE 15 to
20 kt N of 27N. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Scattered showers and isolated
thunderstorms. 
.WED...SE to S winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. 
.WED NIGHT...S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. 
.THU...S to SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 ft. 
.THU NIGHT...SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. 
.FRI...SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. 
.FRI NIGHT...SW to W winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming SW 15 to 20 kt
after midnight. Seas 2 ft or less, building to 3 ft after
midnight.