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FZNT25 KNHC 181522
OFFN04

NAVTEX Marine Forecast
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL
1122 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 1014 mb high pressure centered over the SE
Louisiana offshore waters near 27N88W will drift ESE and
dissipate tonight. A cold front extending from Horseshoe Beach,
Florida NW to the coast of Mississippi will exit the NE gulf
this evening, however shower activity associated with it will
linger through Fri. Otherwise, a tropical wave over Guatemala is
forecast to move across southeastern Mexico through tonight
before emerging over the Bay of Campeche on Friday, where an
area of low pressure could form. After that, additional slow
development of this system is possible while it moves NW over
the SW Gulf of Mexico through the weekend. Regardless of
development, moderate to fresh E to SE winds are expected across
the SW and west-central gulf this evening through Sat night.  

.THIS AFTERNOON...SW to W winds less than 5 kt. Seas 2 ft or
less. 
.TONIGHT...NW winds less than 5 kt, shifting to SE to S 5 kt
after midnight. Seas 2 ft or less. 
.FRI...SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. 
.FRI NIGHT...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. 
.SAT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. 
.SAT NIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. 
.SUN...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. 
.SUN NIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. 
.MON...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. 
.MON NIGHT...NE to E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less.  

Within 200 nm east of the coast of Florida

.SYNOPSIS...Surface ridging building from the Azores high to the 
Bahamas is expected to gradually shift northward to along 30N 
through Sat, then N of the area by Mon night. A frontal boundary 
over the NE Florida offshore waters will linger across the region 
today then lift northward. Active weather N of 27N 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. 

.THIS AFTERNOON...S to SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. 
.TONIGHT...SE to S winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. 
.FRI...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt S of 27N, and SE to S 5 to 10 kt
N of 27N. Seas 2 ft or less. 
.FRI NIGHT...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. 
.SAT...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. 
.SAT NIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 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 ft. 
.MON NIGHT...E to SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 ft in the evening,
subsiding to 2 ft or less.