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FZNT25 KNHC 020146
OFFN04

NAVTEX Marine Forecast
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL
846 PM 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 warm front extends from W Cuba to a low pressure
near 27N96W off of the S Texas coast. The low and front will
continue lifting north into Texas and Louisiana tonight. A cold
front will emerge off the Texas coast Thu afternoon, and reach
from Alabama to the Bay of Campeche by Fri afternoon. A
reinforcing cold front will follow into NW Gulf Thu night,
reaching from SW Louisiana to NE Mexico by Fri afternoon. Both
fronts will move east of the Gulf by Sat afternoon. 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 Sun and Mon as high
pressure builds over the Gulf in the wake of the second front.  

.TONIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft.
.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 8 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 in W
swell. 
.SUN...N winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. 
.SUN NIGHT...N to NE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft, subsiding
to 3 to 5 ft after midnight. 
.MON...NE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. 
.MON NIGHT...NE to E winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less.  

Within 200 nm east of the coast of Florida

.SYNOPSIS...A cold front extending from near 31N63W to W Cuba
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 early Sat, followed closely by
a  reinforcing front by Sat afternoon. The fronts will merge and
reach from near Bermuda to E Cuba by Sun afternoon, and then 
extend from 31N55W to Hispaniola by Mon 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 SAT AND SAT NIGHT...

.TONIGHT...NE to E winds 10 to 15 kt S of 27N, and N 5 to 10 kt N
of 27N. Seas 3 ft. 
.THU...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt S of 27N, and SE 5 to 10 kt N of
27N. Seas 3 ft in the morning, subsiding to 2 ft or less. 
.THU NIGHT...SE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. 
.FRI...SE to S winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. 
.FRI NIGHT...SE to S winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. 
.SAT...S to SW winds 25 to 35 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. 
.SAT NIGHT...W to NW winds 20 to 35 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. 
.SUN...NW to N winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. 
.SUN NIGHT...N winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. 
.MON...N to NE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. 
.MON NIGHT...NE to E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft.