055 
FZNT25 KNHC 121417
OFFN04

NAVTEX Marine Forecast
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL
1017 AM EDT Thu Sep 12 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...High pressure centered N of the basin will support
moderate to fresh NE to E winds into the weekend. A trough of
low pressure currently over the Bahamas is expected to move NW
toward the Florida peninsula through the end of the week, likely
organizing into a tropical cyclone. This feature will likely to
move into the far eastern Gulf of Mexico this weekend into early
next week, accompanied by widespread showers, thunderstorms,
gusty winds, and building seas. 

.THIS AFTERNOON...NE winds 15 kt in the afternoon. Seas 3 to
5 ft. 
.TONIGHT...NE to E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. 
.FRI...NE to E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. 
.FRI NIGHT...NE to E winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Scattered
showers. 
.SAT...NE to E winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. 
.SAT NIGHT...NE winds 10 to 15 kt, shifting to S 5 to 10 kt after
midnight. Seas 3 to 5 ft. 
.SUN...SW to W winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. 
.SUN NIGHT...W to NW winds less than 5 kt, shifting to S to SW
after midnight. Seas 2 ft or less.
.MON...SW winds less than 5 kt, shifting to NW 5 kt in the
afternoon. Seas 2 ft or less. 
.MON NIGHT...N to NE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less.  

Within 200 nm east of the coast of Florida

.SYNOPSIS...A trough of low pressure over the SE Bahamas will
track slowly WNW through the remainder of the week. This trough
is expected to organize into a low pressure center over the next
day or so, and a tropical cyclone is likely to form by Saturday.
This system will bring widespread showers, thunderstorms, gusty
winds, and  building seas to the Bahamas, and may reach the
Florida peninsula late Friday. A strong tropical wave may 
approach the waters S of 22N early next week.

.THIS AFTERNOON...S of 27N,NE winds 10 to 15 kt in the
afternoon. N of 27N,NE to E winds 15 to 20 kt in the afternoon.
Seas 4 to 6 ft in E swell. 
.TONIGHT...NE to E winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft in NE to E
swell. 
.FRI...NE to E winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft in NE swell.
Scattered showers. 
.FRI NIGHT...SE winds 15 to 20 kt S of 27N, and E 20 to 25 kt N
of 27N. Seas 5 to 7 ft in NE swell. Scattered showers. 
.SAT...SE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. 
.SAT NIGHT...SE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. 
.SUN...SE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. 
.SUN NIGHT...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft.
.MON...E to SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. 
.MON NIGHT...E to SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft.