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FZNT25 KNHC 100343
OFFN04

NAVTEX Marine Forecast
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL
1043 PM EST Thu Feb 9 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 stationary front from near Mobile Bay to Veracruz,
Mexico, is beginning to move east as a cold front. A band of
showers and thunderstorms is east of the front over the north-
central to northeast Gulf. A stronger cold front will enter the
NW Gulf early Fri morning, and merge with the stalled front Fri
evening from the western Florida Panhandle to the central Bay of
Campeche. The front will reach from near the Florida Big Bend to
the Yucatan Channel by Sat afternoon. Northerly gale force winds
are expected near Tampico, Mexico Fri afternoon, and offshore
Veracruz, Mexico late Fri afternoon through Sat morning. Gales
are also forecast to persist over the central Bay of Campeche
through Sat morning. Very rough seas are expected in the wake of
the front, especially over the SW Gulf. Low pressure is likely
to form along the frontal boundary Sat over the NE Gulf. Strong
to near- gale force winds are expected near this low pres over
the NE Gulf Sat and Sat night before it moves over land toward
the Georgia coast. Winds and seas will gradually diminish from W
to E late Sun.  

.TONIGHT...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Isolated
showers. 
.FRI...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Isolated showers. 
.FRI NIGHT...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Scattered
showers and isolated tstms. 
.SAT...S to SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Isolated tstms.
.SAT NIGHT...W winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. 
.SUN...NW winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft in W to NW swell. 
.SUN NIGHT...NW to N winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft in W to
NW swell. 
.MON...N winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft in W to NW swell. 
.MON NIGHT...NE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. 
.TUE...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. 
.TUE NIGHT...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.  

Within 200 nm east of the coast of Florida

.SYNOPSIS...A dissipating stationary front from 24N55W to 23N61W
will dissolve by Fri. Large and long period northerly swell, 
with seas up to 12 ft, are occurring south of 27N and east of
the Bahamas. This swell is affecting areas from the Bahamas to
the  Hispaniola to the Lesser Antilles and will continue to
affect  these areas into Sat before gradually subsiding. Looking
ahead,  the next cold front will move off NE Florida by early
Sat. A  low pressure is expected to develop along the frontal
boundary  Sat over the NE Gulf of Mexico and move to just off
the coast of  Georgia by Sat evening. The low will move NE,
dragging the cold  front across the forecast region Sat night
through Mon night.  Strong to near gale force winds and rough
seas are expected on  both sides of the front, mainly N of 27N,
with gale force  westerly winds likely north of 29N on Sun and
Sun night.

...GALE CONDITIONS POSSIBLE SUN AND SUN NIGHT...

.TONIGHT...E to SE winds 15 to 20 kt S of 27N, and SE to S 10 to
15 kt N of 27N. Seas 4 to 6 ft. 
.FRI...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. 
.FRI NIGHT...SE to S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Slight
chance of showers. 
.SAT...SE to S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Chance of
showers and slight chance of tstms. 
.SAT NIGHT...S winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. 
.SUN...SW to W winds 25 to 35 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. 
.SUN NIGHT...W to NW winds 25 to 35 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. 
.MON...NW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. 
.MON NIGHT...NW to N winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. 
.TUE...NE winds 5 to 10 kt, shifting to E to SE in the afternoon.
Seas 3 to 4 ft. 
.TUE NIGHT...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.