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FZNT25 KNHC 190922
OFFN04

NAVTEX Marine Forecast
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL
522 AM EDT Wed May 19 2021

...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 strong ridge from eastern seaboard to the NE Gulf
will continue to dominate the Gulf waters the remainder of the
week. The pressure gradient between the ridge and a deepening
low pressure across the Southern Plains and northern Mexico will
result in fresh to strong SE winds and high seas across the Gulf
region today through Fri. Except peak seas of 10 or 11 ft Thu
and Fri and to 12 ft in the Straits of Florida. 

.TODAY...E winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. Scattered showers
and isolated tstms. 
.TONIGHT...E winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. Scattered showers
and isolated tstms. 
.THU...E winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. Scattered showers and
isolated tstms. 
.THU NIGHT...E winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft. 
.FRI...E winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft. 
.FRI NIGHT...E winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. 
.SAT...E winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. 
.SAT NIGHT...E winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. 
.SUN...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. 
.SUN NIGHT...E winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft.  

Within 200 nm east of the coast of Florida

.SYNOPSIS...A stationary front extending from 24N65W through the
SE Bahamas to central Cuba near 22N79W will gradually become 
aligned E to W along 22N/23N through Thu then sink southward and
weaken, approaching the Windward Passage and Hispaniola by Fri 
night. The pressure gradient between high pressure off of Cape 
Hatteras and the frontal boundary will support an area of fresh
to strong easterly winds N of the front and W of 68W Wed through
Fri with seas peaking around 10 to 11 ft E of the Bahamas late
Wed  through early Thu. 

.TODAY...E winds 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft S of 27N, and 6 to 8 ft N
of 27N. Scattered showers and isolated tstms. 
.TONIGHT...E winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft S of 27N, and 6 to
9 ft N of 27N. 
.THU...E winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft S of 27N, and 6 to
9 ft N of 27N. 
.THU NIGHT...NE to E winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft S of 27N,
and 6 to 9 ft N of 27N. 
.FRI...NE to E winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. 
.FRI NIGHT...NE to E winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. 
.SAT...NE to E winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. 
.SAT NIGHT...E winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. 
.SUN...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. 
.SUN NIGHT...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft S of 27N,
and 4 to 6 ft N of 27N.