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FZNT25 KNHC 170147
OFFN04

NAVTEX Marine Forecast
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL
847 PM EST Fri Dec 16 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 dissipating stationary front over the Straits of
Florida will wash out in the next several hours. Weak low 
pressure will form over the west-central Gulf later tonight 
ahead of a reinforcing cold front moving into the far NW Gulf. 
The low will move rapidly across the southern Gulf to the east 
of the Gulf along the stalled front through early Sun, while the 
reinforcing front moves eastward across the northern Gulf. The 
reinforcing front will sweep through the southeast Gulf by early 
Mon. Looking ahead, the western portion of the front will shift 
northward across the western Gulf late Mon and Tue while weak low
pressure moves into the northwest Gulf. The low pressure will 
shift eastward across the northern Gulf through mid week, with a 
trailing cold front moving across the western and central Gulf.

.TONIGHT...NE to E winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft.
Scattered showers. 
.SAT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Scattered showers. 
.SAT NIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt, becoming N 15 to 20 kt late. 
Seas 3 to 4 ft. Scattered showers. 
.SUN...N to NE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. 
.SUN NIGHT...NE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.
.MON...NE to E winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. 
.MON NIGHT...E to SE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. 
.TUE...SE to S winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. 
.TUE NIGHT...SW to W winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. 
.WED...NW to N winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. 
.WED NIGHT...NE to E winds 5 to 10 kt, shifting to SW late.
Seas 3 ft. 

Within 200 nm east of the coast of Florida

.SYNOPSIS...A cold front extends from 150 nm west of Bermuda 
to across the northern Bahamas into the Straits of Florida. The 
front will reach from Bermuda to 26N76W while it stalls to the 
Straits of Florida overnight, then completely stall from 31N55W 
to the Straits of Florida by early Sun before dissipating by late
Sun. A stronger cold front will move off the northeast Florida 
coast Sat night, reach from Bermuda to northwest Cuba by Sun 
night, and from 31N55W to central Cuba Mon night before starting 
to weaken and stall from 25N55W to the southeast Bahamas through 
Tue. Meanwhile, large long-period N to NE swell will continue to 
affect the NE half of the area for the next several days. Looking
ahead, low pressure may move from the eastern Gulf of Mexico 
across Florida Tue night, then continue to east of the northern 
Bahamas through late Wed. 

.TONIGHT...N winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less S of 27N, and
3 to 5 ft N of 27N. Scattered showers. 
.SAT...NE to E winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less S of 27N, and
3 to 5 ft N of 27N. Scattered showers. 
.SAT NIGHT...S of 27N, SE to S winds 5 to 10 kt. N of 27N, NE to
E winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming N 10 to 15 kt late. Seas 2 ft or 
less S of 27N, and 3 to 5 ft N of 27N. Scattered showers. 
.SUN...S of 27N, SW to W winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming NW to N 10 to
15 kt in the afternoon, Seas 2 ft or less, building to 3 ft in 
the afternoon. N of 27N, NW to N winds 15 to 20 kt.
Seas 4 to 6 ft. Scattered showers. 
.SUN NIGHT...N to NE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft
S of 27N, and 4 to 6 ft N of 27N. 
.MON...NE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft S of 27N, and
4 to 6 ft N of 27N. 
.MON NIGHT...NE to E winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft
S of 27N, and 4 to 6 ft N of 27N. 
.TUE...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft S of 27N, and
4 to 6 ft N of 27N. 
.TUE NIGHT...E to SE winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft
S of 27N, and 5 to 7 ft N of 27N. 
.WED...NE winds 15 to 20 kt. S of 27N, seas 3 ft in the morning,
subsiding to 2 ft or less. N of 27N, seas 6 to 8 ft. 
.WED NIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft S of 27N, and
5 to 7 ft N of 27N.