790 
FZNT25 KNHC 010318
OFFN04

NAVTEX Marine Forecast
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL
1118 PM EDT Thu Sep 30 2021

...Please refer to Coastal Waters Forecasts (CWF) available
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Coastal Waters Forecasts...

Southeast Gulf of Mexico

.SYNOPSIS...A weak ridge of high pressure will persist north of
the Gulf through Fri night, supporting tranquil conditions.
Stronger higher pressure will build across the region by Sun,
allowing winds and seas to increase over the SE Gulf over the
weekend. A weak cold front should move across the Gulf on Mon
and Tue, but with little enhancement of the winds and seas. 

.OVERNIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. 
.FRI...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. 
.FRI NIGHT...E winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. 
.SAT...E winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 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 winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. 
.MON...NE to E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. 
.MON NIGHT...NE to E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. 
.TUE...E winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. 
.TUE NIGHT...E winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less.  

Within 200 nm east of the coast of Florida

.SYNOPSIS...Hurricane Sam near 25.0N 61.2W 938 mb at 11 PM EDT 
moving NNW at 14 kt. Maximum sustained winds 125 kt gusts
150 kt.  Sam will move to 27.2N 61.8W Fri morning, by 32.9N
60.5W Sat morning, and near 35.0N 58.9W Sat evening, 36.6N 56.8W
Sun morning, and  38.7N 53.8W Sun evening. Some fluctuations in
intensity are  expected during the next couple of days, but Sam
is forecast to  remain a major hurricane into Saturday, with
more significant  weakening anticipated later in the weekend.
Large swell from Sam  will impact the area northeast of the
Bahamas starting Fri and  continuing through the weekend.
Meanwhile, a weak pressure pattern will maintain quiescent
conditions until tonight. A weak cold  front will move from the
Carolinas to the central Bahamas by Fri  and dissipate by Sat.
Stronger high pressure will build in to the  area, which will
bring moderate to occasionally fresh winds  through Tue. 

.OVERNIGHT...NE to E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less S of
27N, and 3 to 5 ft N of 27N. 
.FRI...NE to E winds 10 to 15 kt. S of 27N, seas 2 ft or less,
building to 3 ft in the afternoon. N of 27N, seas 4 to 6 ft. 
.FRI NIGHT...NE to E winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft S of 27N,
and 6 to 8 ft N of 27N. 
.SAT...NE to E winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft S of 27N, and
6 to 9 ft N of 27N. 
.SAT NIGHT...NE to E winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft S of 27N,
and 6 to 9 ft N of 27N. 
.SUN...NE to E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft S of 27N, and
5 to 7 ft N of 27N. 
.SUN NIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft S of 27N, and 4 to
6 ft N of 27N. 
.MON...E winds 10 to 15 kt. S of 27N, seas 3 ft in the morning,
subsiding to 2 ft or less. N of 27N, seas 4 to 6 ft. 
.MON NIGHT...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less S of
27N, and 3 to 5 ft N of 27N. 
.TUE...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less S of 27N, and
3 to 5 ft N of 27N. 
.TUE NIGHT...E to SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less S of
27N, and 3 to 5 ft N of 27N.