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FZNT25 KNHC 030319
OFFN04

NAVTEX Marine Forecast
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL
1019 PM 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...Fresh to strong SE to S winds will increase to
strong to near-gale force this evening, 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 north-central Gulf tonight,
and eastern Gulf late tonight through Fri morning. Near gale
force NW winds are expected behind the front over the NW Gulf
tonight. Expect minimal gale force NW to N winds offshore
Tampico and Veracruz, Mexico Fri. Winds and seas should subside
by Sat.  

.TONIGHT...SE to S winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. 
.FRI...S winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 6 to 9 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...SW to W winds 5 to 10 kt, shifting to E to SE after
midnight. Seas 3 to 5 ft. 
.SUN...E to SE 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 to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft in the morning,
subsiding to 2 ft or less. 
.MON NIGHT...NE to E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. 
.TUE...SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. 
.TUE NIGHT...NE to E winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less.  

Within 200 nm east of the coast of Florida

.SYNOPSIS...Surface ridging prevails across the area, with 
moderate to fresh anticyclonic winds. Southerly winds will
increase to fresh tonight east of Florida, and become strong on
Fri ahead of a cold front forecast to exit the U.S. southeast 
coast Fri night. 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. 

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