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FZNT25 KNHC 261515
OFFN04

NAVTEX Marine Forecast
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL
1015 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 extending from South Florida to the NE
Yucatan peninsula will 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...NW to N winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. 
.TONIGHT...N to NE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 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 3 to 5 ft. 
.SUN NIGHT...SE to S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. 
.MON...E to SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft in the morning,
subsiding to 2 ft or less. 
.MON NIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less, building to
3 ft late.  

Within 200 nm east of the coast of Florida

.SYNOPSIS...A cold front extending from 31N76W to South Florida 
will reach from 31N71W to western Cuba tonight, and from 31N66W
to eastern Cuba by Fri night then stall and the southern part of
the front will begin to lift northward. By Sun morning, a
weakening frontal boundary will extent from 31N55W to the NW 
Bahamas. A tight pressure gradient across the area will support 
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. Southerly flow will increase E of NE 
Florida by Sun night ahead of the next cold front forecast to 
enter the western Atlantic on Mon.

.TODAY...SW winds 5 to 10 kt S of 27N, and W 15 to 20 kt N of
27N. Seas 2 ft or less S of 27N, and 4 to 6 ft N of 27N. 
.TONIGHT...N winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less S of 27N, and
3 to 5 ft N of 27N. 
.FRI...N to NE winds 10 to 15 kt. 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 4 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 4 ft S of 27N, and
4 to 6 ft N of 27N. 
.SUN NIGHT...SE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 ft S of 27N, and 4 to
6 ft N of 27N. 
.MON...SE to S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less S of 27N, and
4 to 6 ft N of 27N. 
.MON NIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less S of 27N, and
3 to 5 ft N of 27N.