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FZNT25 KNHC 111538
OFFN04

NAVTEX Marine Forecast
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL
1138 AM EDT Thu Apr 11 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...Fresh to strong southerly winds in the western half of
the Gulf of Mexico will dominate until this evening. The wind
speeds across the Gulf of Mexico will slow down a bit during the
first half of tonight, and then increase to fresh to strong again
during the second half of tonight leading to Friday morning. The 
western two thirds of the Gulf of Mexico will be covered by 
fresh to strong SE winds from Friday morning until Saturday 
afternoon. Fresh to strong S and SE winds will be concentrated in
the central sections of the Gulf of Mexico on Saturday night. A 
cold front will enter the NW corner of the Gulf of Mexico on 
Saturday night, along the line from SW Louisiana to the NE Mexico 
coast near 24N. The cold front on Sunday afternoon will reach from
SE Louisiana to the SW corner of the Gulf of Mexico, along the 
coast of Mexico near 18.5N 94.5W. The front on Monday afternoon 
will be nearly stationary from the Florida Straits to the NE 
Yucatan Peninsula. Fresh to strong NW winds will be to the NW of 
the cold front, during the front's E to SE movement. Strong to 
near gale force NW winds are forecast in the SW corner near 
Veracruz Mexico from Sunday morning into Sunday night. Sea heights
are forecast to reach 8 feet, from Friday night and Saturday 
morning, from the west central Gulf waters, and spreading into the
NW corner of the area, until Saturday night. Sea heights of 8 
feet also are forecast in the north central and parts of the NE 
section, from Saturday night until Monday afternoon.

.THIS AFTERNOON...SE to S winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 ft late in the
morning, subsiding to 2 ft or less. 
.TONIGHT...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. 
.FRI...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. 
.FRI NIGHT...E to SE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 2 ft or less,
building to 3 ft late. 
.SAT...SE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. 
.SAT NIGHT...SE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. 
.SUN...SE to S winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. 
.SUN NIGHT...SW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.
.MON...NW to N winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. 
.MON NIGHT...N to NE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft.  

Within 200 nm east of the coast of Florida

.SYNOPSIS...A stationary front passes through 31N70W to 31N78W
to 30N81W. The eastern part of the front will be stretched
toward the SE, and the western part of the front will move
northward tonight. Expect fresh-to-strong winds and building
seas in the  north central and NE waters tonight, continuing
through Friday as the eastern part of the front continues away
from the area. A surface trough, remnants of the front will
drift WNW, from Friday evening through Saturday morning. It will
support the  continuation of fresh to strong winds in the NE
waters. S winds  will increase off northeast Florida, from
Sunday afternoon into Sunday night. Another cold front, on
Sunday night, will pass  through 31N77W to the southern tip of
Florida. The front will  pass through 31N70W, across the NW
Bahamas, to the coast of Cuba  along 80W on Monday night. 

.THIS AFTERNOON...SE to S winds 5 to 10 kt S of 27N, and E to SE
10 to 15 kt N of 27N. Seas 2 ft or less. 
.TONIGHT...E to SE winds 5 to 10 kt S of 27N, and E to SE 10 to
15 kt N of 27N. Seas 2 ft or less, building to 3 to 4 ft after
midnight. 
.FRI...E to SE winds 5 to 10 kt S of 27N, and SE 10 to 15 kt N of
27N. Seas 3 to 5 ft. 
.FRI NIGHT...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. 
.SAT...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. 
.SAT NIGHT...E to SE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. 
.SUN...SE to S winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. 
.SUN NIGHT...SE to S winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. 
.MON...SW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. 
.MON NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 15 kt, shifting to N to NE 5 to 10 kt
after midnight. Seas 3 to 5 ft.