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FZNT25 KNHC 191457
OFFN04

NAVTEX Marine Forecast
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL
957 AM EST Thu Dec 19 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...Strong high pressure over the Ohio Valley is
supporting strong N to NE winds over the SE half of the Gulf
behind a slow moving cold front in the NW Caribbean. Winds and
seas will gradually diminish today as the high shifts
northeastward. Strong NE to E winds will continue across the E
Gulf and through the Straits of Florida through Fri night as the
cold front stalls. A N to S aligned surface trough will develop
across the central Gulf Fri, with strong E winds covering the
Gulf E of trough. Low pressure is expected to develop from the
trough over NE Gulf by early Sat and move across northern
Florida this weekend. Gale force winds are possible in the NE
Gulf late Sat through Sat night. 

.TODAY...NE winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft in N swell. 
.TONIGHT...NE winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft in N swell.
Scattered showers. 
.FRI...NE to E winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft in N to NE
swell. Scattered showers and isolated tstms. 
.FRI NIGHT...E winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft in N to NE
swell. Scattered showers and isolated tstms. 
.SAT...E winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. 
.SAT NIGHT...SE winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. 
.SUN...SW to W winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. 
.SUN NIGHT...W winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft in NE swell. 
.MON...W winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 10 to 15 ft in N to NE swell. 
.MON NIGHT...NW winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 10 to 15 ft in N swell.  

Within 200 nm east of the coast of Florida

.SYNOPSIS...A strong cold front from 29N65W across the central
Bahamas to E central Cuba will reach from 26N65W to the E Cuba
tonight  then begin to stall. Strong NE winds and high seas are
expected  across much of the area NW of the front, as it stalls
and weaken  through Fri night, then begins to drift northward
over the weekend. A low pressure center is expected to develop
in the eastern Gulf  of Mexico on Sat, and move across northern
Florida on Sun. Gale  force E to SE winds are possible east of
northern Florida Sun  night and Mon as the low intensifies.

...GALE CONDITIONS POSSIBLE N of 28N SAT...

.TODAY...NE winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. Scattered showers
and isolated tstms. 
.TONIGHT...NE to E winds 20 to 30 kt S of 27N, and NE to E 20 to
25 kt N of 27N. Seas 6 to 9 ft. Scattered tstms. 
.FRI...NE to E winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. Scattered
showers and isolated tstms. 
.FRI NIGHT...NE to E winds 25 to 30 kt S of 27N, and NE to E
20 to 25 kt N of 27N. Seas 6 to 9 ft. Scattered showers and
isolated tstms. 
.SAT...E winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. 
.SAT NIGHT...E winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. 
.SUN...SE winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 8 to 11 ft in E swell. 
.SUN NIGHT...S winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 8 to 11 ft in NE to E
swell. 
.MON...SW to W winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft in NE to E
swell. 
.MON NIGHT...SW to W winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft.