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FZNT25 KNHC 180907
OFFN04

NAVTEX Marine Forecast
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL
507 AM EDT Thu Aug 18 2022

...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 1015 mb high pressure centered over the N central
Gulf near 27N88W will drift ESE and dissipate tonight. A stalled
front along southern Georgia and Alabama will linger in this
area through Thu, supporting scattered showers and tstms across
the northern coastal waters through Fri. Otherwise, a tropical
wave over the northwestern Caribbean Sea is forecast to move
across Central America and the Yucatan Peninsula today, and
emerge over the Bay of Campeche Thu night, where an area of low
pressure could form on Friday. Some gradual development of this
system is possible while it moves NW over the southwestern Gulf
of Mexico through the weekend. Regardless of development,
moderate to fresh winds are expected across the SW and
west-central gulf Thu evening through Sat night.  

.TODAY...SW to W winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. Scattered
showers and isolated tstms. 
.TONIGHT...W to NW winds less than 5 kt,  shifting to SE to S
late. Seas 2 ft or less. Isolated tstms. 
.FRI...SE to S winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. Isolated
tstms. 
.FRI NIGHT...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less,
building to 3 ft late. Scattered showers and isolated tstms. 
.SAT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. 
.SAT NIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. 
.SUN...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. 
.SUN NIGHT...NE to E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. 
.MON...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. 
.MON NIGHT...NE to E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.  

Within 200 nm east of the coast of Florida

.SYNOPSIS...Surface ridging has begun to build from the central
Atlantic to the central Bahamas overnight, and is expected to 
gradually shift northward to along 30N through Sat, then N of
the area by Mon night. A stalled frontal boundary near the NE
Florida waters along 31N will linger across the region today
then lift  northward. Active weather N of 26N between Florida
and 68W will  persist through tonight. Otherwise, moderate to
fresh easterly  winds are forecast S of 25N Thu through Sun as a
tropical wave  moves across the eastern and central Caribbean. 

.TODAY...S to SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. Scattered
showers and isolated tstms. 
.TONIGHT...SE to S winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 ft. Scattered showers
and isolated tstms. 
.FRI...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt S of 27N, and S 5 to 10 kt N of
27N. Seas 2 ft or less S of 27N, and 3 to 4 ft N of 27N.
Scattered showers and isolated tstms. 
.FRI NIGHT...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less S of
27N, and 3 to 4 ft N of 27N. Slight chance of tstms. 
.SAT...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. 
.SAT NIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. S of 27N, seas 2 ft or less,
building to 3 to 4 ft late. N of 27N, seas 3 to 4 ft. 
.SUN...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. 
.SUN NIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. 
.MON...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. 
.MON NIGHT...E to SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less S of
27N, and 3 to 4 ft N of 27N.