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FZNT25 KNHC 020916
OFFN04

NAVTEX Marine Forecast
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL
416 AM EST Thu Mar 2 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 surface ridge will continue to dominate the Gulf
waters through this evening. Moist southerly flow will favor the
development of marine fog across portions of the northern Gulf
tonight into early this morning. SE to S winds will increase to
fresh to strong today, ahead of a cold front forecast to move
off the Texas coast tonight. The front will reach from
Apalachicola, FL to the central Bay of Campeche Fri evening
before stalling and weakening later Fri night into early Sat.
Near-gale force S winds, with frequent gusts to gale force, will
precede the front across the northern Gulf tonight through Fri
morning. Strong NW winds are expected behind the front over the
western Gulf, except for minimal gale force offshore Tampico and
Veracruz, Mexico Fri. Winds and seas should subside by Sat.  

.TODAY...SE to S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. 
.TONIGHT...SE to S winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. 
.FRI...S winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. 
.FRI NIGHT...S winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. 
.SAT...S to SW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. 
.SAT NIGHT...S winds 5 to 10 kt, shifting to E to SE after
midnight. Seas 3 to 5 ft. 
.SUN...E winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. 
.SUN NIGHT...NE to E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. 
.MON...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. 
.MON NIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less.  

Within 200 nm east of the coast of Florida

.SYNOPSIS...Rough seas generated by long-period northerly swell 
will persist east of 66W through today. Surface ridging prevails
across the area, with moderate to fresh anticyclonic winds. A 
cold front is forecast to exit the U.S. southeast coast Fri night 
and track eastward. It will bring S to SW winds at strong east of 
northern Florida, and moderate to fresh across northwest Bahamas 
Fri through Sat morning. Afterward, fresh to strong SW winds will 
progress eastward this weekend, remaining north of 29N as an east-
west oriented surface ridge settles along 24/25N. 

.TODAY...S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. 
.TONIGHT...SE to S winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. 
.FRI...SE to S winds 15 to 20 kt S of 27N, and S 20 to 25 kt N of
27N. Seas 3 to 5 ft. 
.FRI NIGHT...SE to S winds 10 to 15 kt S of 27N, and S to SW
20 to 25 kt N of 27N. Seas 4 to 6 ft.
.SAT...S to SW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. 
.SAT NIGHT...S winds 5 to 10 kt, shifting to SW to W after
midnight. Seas 3 ft. 
.SUN...N to NE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 ft in the morning,
subsiding to 2 ft or less. 
.SUN NIGHT...NE to E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less,
building to 3 ft after midnight. 
.MON...NE to E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. 
.MON NIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.