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FZNT25 KNHC 011448
OFFN04

NAVTEX Marine Forecast
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL
948 AM EST Wed Jan 1 2020

...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 stationary front extends from the Florida Straits
to low pressure near 22N96W. The low will lift north into Texas
today with the front moving over the western Gulf as a warm
front. A cold front will emerge off the Texas coast late Thu,
and reach from the western Florida Panhandle to the Bay of
Campeche by late Fri. A reinforcing cold front will follow into
the northwest Gulf Thu night into Fri morning, reaching from
southeast Louisiana to northeast Mexico by late Fri. Both fronts
will move east of the Gulf by late Sat. Expect increasing winds
and building seas across the Gulf both ahead of, and behind,
these fronts as they move across the Gulf waters. Winds and seas
will diminish through Sun as high pressure builds over the Gulf
in the wake of the second front.  

.TODAY...NE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 ft. 
.TONIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. 
.THU...SE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. 
.THU NIGHT...SE to S winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. 
.FRI...SE to S winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. 
.FRI NIGHT...S to SW winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. 
.SAT...NW winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. 
.SAT NIGHT...NW to N winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 8 to 11 ft. 
.SUN...N to NE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft. 
.SUN NIGHT...N to NE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft.  

Within 200 nm east of the coast of Florida

.SYNOPSIS...A cold front extending from near 31N69W to the 
Florida Straits will stall and weaken along roughly 25N by Thu 
afternoon, and then dissipate Fri. A new, stronger, cold front is 
forecast to move off the NE Florida coast by late Fri into early 
Sat, followed closely by a reinforcing front by early Sat 
afternoon. The fronts will merge and reach from near Bermuda to E 
Cuba by Sun afternoon. Winds to gale force are possible both ahead
and behind the cold fronts Sat into Sun over the waters north of 
28N.

...GALE CONDITIONS POSSIBLE...

.TODAY...N to NE winds 5 to 10 kt S of 27N, and NW 10 to 15 kt N
of 27N. Seas 2 ft or less S of 27N, and 3 to 5 ft N of 27N. 
.TONIGHT...NE to E winds 10 to 15 kt S of 27N, and N 5 to 10 kt N
of 27N. Seas 2 ft or less S of 27N, and 3 to 5 ft N of 27N. 
.THU...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt S of 27N, and SE 5 to 10 kt N of
27N. Seas 2 ft or less S of 27N, and 3 to 4 ft N of 27N. 
.THU NIGHT...SE winds 15 to 20 kt. S of 27N, seas 2 ft or less,
building to 3 ft late. N of 27N, seas 3 to 5 ft. 
.FRI...SE to S winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft S of 27N, and
4 to 6 ft N of 27N. 
.FRI NIGHT...SE to S winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft S of 27N,
and 5 to 7 ft N of 27N. 
.SAT...S to SW winds 20 to 25 kt increasing to 25 to 35 kt late. 
Seas 3 to 5 ft S of 27N, and 6 to 9 ft N of 27N. 
.SAT NIGHT...W to NW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft S of 27N,
and 7 to 10 ft N of 27N. 
.SUN...NW to N winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft S of 27N, and
7 to 10 ft N of 27N. 
.SUN NIGHT...N winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft S of 27N, and
4 to 6 ft N of 27N.