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FZNT25 KNHC 021441
OFFN04

NAVTEX Marine Forecast
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL
941 AM EST Thu Jan 2 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 over the western Gulf.
The front will start moving eastward later today, reaching from
the western Florida Panhandle to Veracruz Mexico by Fri
afternoon. A reinforcing front will move off the Texas coast
tonight, reaching from southwest Louisiana to northeast 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.  

.TODAY...SE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. 
.TONIGHT...SE to S winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. 
.FRI...SE to S winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. 
.FRI NIGHT...S to SW winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. Scattered
showers and isolated tstms. 
.SAT...W to NW winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. 
.SAT NIGHT...NW to N winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft. 
.SUN...N winds 20 kt, shifting to N to NE 10 to 15 kt in the
afternoon. Seas 6 to 9 ft. 
.SUN NIGHT...N to NE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. 
.MON...NE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. 
.MON NIGHT...NE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. 

Within 200 nm east of the coast of Florida

.SYNOPSIS...A stationary front along 24N will dissipate later 
today. A strong 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 WARNING...

.TODAY...S of 27N, E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. N of 27N, NE to E
winds 5 to 10 kt, shifting to SE in the afternoon. Seas 3 ft in
the morning, subsiding to 2 ft or less. 
.TONIGHT...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 S of 27N, and S 15 to 20 kt N of
27N. Seas 3 to 5 ft. 
.FRI NIGHT...SE to S winds 15 to 20 kt S of 27N, and S 20 to
25 kt N of 27N. Seas 3 to 4 ft S of 27N, and 5 to 7 ft N of 27N. 
.SAT...SW winds 25 to 35 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft S of 27N, and 6 to 8 
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. S of 27N, seas 3 to 4 ft. N of
27N, seas 5 to 7 ft, subsiding to 3 to 5 ft late. 
.MON...N winds 10 to 15 kt. S of 27N, seas 3 ft in the morning,
subsiding to 2 ft or less. N of 27N, seas 3 to 5 ft. 
.MON NIGHT...NE to E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less S of
27N, and 3 to 4 ft N of 27N.