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FZNT25 KNHC 260923
OFFN04

NAVTEX Marine Forecast
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL
423 AM EST Thu Jan 26 2023

...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 cold front extends from Cedar Key, Florida SW to
the eastern Bay of Campeche. The front will reach from from
Tampa Bay, FL to the Yucatan Peninsula later this morning, and
exit the basin early this afternoon. Winds and seas associated
with the passage of this front will gradually improve by Fri.
Fresh to locally strong southerly return flow will set-up this
weekend in the NW Gulf in response to the next cold front that
will be approaching the NW Gulf. This front is expected to move
into the far northern Gulf Sun and Sun night, and stall along
the northern gulf through Mon night. Fresh to strong east winds
will surge from the SW Atlantic through the Straits of Florida
and into the far SE Gulf Sat and Sat night and diminish Sun.  

.TODAY...N winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. 
.TONIGHT...N to NE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. 
.FRI...N to NE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. 
.FRI NIGHT...NE 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 to SE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. 
.SUN NIGHT...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft.
.MON...E to SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. 
.MON NIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less, building to
3 ft after midnight.  

Within 200 nm east of the coast of Florida

.SYNOPSIS...A cold front extends from near 22N55W to 22N62W with
fresh to locally NE winds N of it. The front will weaken and
transition into a shear line tonight. Fresh to strong southerly 
flow is ongoing across the NE and central Florida offshore
waters ahead of a strong cold front that will move off the SE
U.S. coast later this morning. This front is expected to reach 
from near 31N74W to the NW Bahamas to the Straits of Florida this 
afternoon, then weaken as it reaches from near 31N69W to 26N75W to
central Cuba early Fri, and from near 31N61W to 25N70W and becoming
stationary to central Cuba by Sat afternoon. A tight gradient 
will create fresh to strong NE to E winds and building seas across
the Great Bahama Bank, the Straits of Florida and the Windward 
passage late Fri night through Sun night. Conditions improve Mon. 
Otherwise, the next cold front is forecast to move off NE Florida 
Mon morning.

.TODAY...SW winds 5 to 10 kt S of 27N, and W 15 to 20 kt N of
27N. Seas 3 to 5 ft. 
.TONIGHT...N winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. 
.FRI...NE winds 15 to 20 kt S of 27N, and N 10 to 15 kt N of 27N.
Seas 3 to 4 ft. 
.FRI NIGHT...NE to E winds 15 to 20 kt S of 27N, and N to NE
10 to 15 kt N of 27N. Seas 3 to 5 ft.
.SAT...NE to E winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. 
.SAT NIGHT...E winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. 
.SUN...E to SE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. 
.SUN NIGHT...SE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft.
.MON...SE to S 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.