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FZNT25 KNHC 151446
OFFN04

NAVTEX Marine Forecast
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL
1046 AM EDT Wed Mar 15 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 the Straits of Florida
across the southern Gulf will be reinforced with a surge of
fresh to strong NE winds this morning, pushing the front SE of
the basin by afternoon. Return flow will develop across the W
Gulf by Wed night, become fresh to strong early Thu and spread
to the entire Gulf Thu night, ahead of the next cold front. This
front will move into the NW Gulf Fri morning, reaching from
Apalachee Bay, Florida to the central Bay of Campeche Sat
morning. Brief gale-force N winds are expected behind the front
offshore of the upper Mexican waters late Fri afternoon,
shifting to offshore Veracruz Fri evening and night.  

.THIS AFTERNOON...NE winds 15 to 20 kt in the afternoon. Seas
5 to 7 ft. Scattered showers. 
.TONIGHT...NE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. 
.THU...E to SE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. 
.THU NIGHT...SE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. 
.FRI...SE to S winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. 
.FRI NIGHT...S winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. 
.SAT...S to SW winds 10 to 15 kt, shifting to W to NW in the
afternoon. Seas 4 to 6 ft. 
.SAT NIGHT...NE winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. 
.SUN...N to NE winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. 
.SUN NIGHT...NE to E winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft.  

Within 200 nm east of the coast of Florida

.SYNOPSIS...A frontal boundary extending from 31N57W through the
Central Bahamas to NW Cuba will move SE and reach from near 
30N55W to the Windward Passage Thu morning, and from 20N55W 
through the Leeward Islands by Fri morning. Strong to gale-force 
NW winds immediately behind the front will move through the 
Central and SE Bahamas Wed night, and then shift across the SE 
waters and into the Caribbean Islands Thu and Thu night. Large N 
swell will accompany this front, with seas of 12 ft or greater N 
of 22N and E of 73W. Yet another cold front is expected to move 
off NE Florida late Sat, with fresh to strong southerly winds 
ahead of it Fri evening through Sat. This new front is expected to
reach from 31N70W to S Florida late Sun before stalling. 

.THIS AFTERNOON...N to NE winds 15 to 20 kt in the afternoon.
Seas 4 to 6 ft. Scattered showers. 
.TONIGHT...S of 27N, NE winds 25 to 30 kt, diminishing to 15 to
20 kt after midnight. N of 27N, N to NE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas
5 to 7 ft. 
.THU...NE to E winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. 
.THU NIGHT...E winds 15 to 20 kt S of 27N, and SE 10 to 15 kt N
of 27N. Seas 4 to 6 ft. 
.FRI...SE to S winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. 
.FRI NIGHT...SE to S winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. 
.SAT...S winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. 
.SAT NIGHT...S to SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. 
.SUN...SW winds 15 to 20 kt, shifting to E in the afternoon. Seas
3 to 5 ft. 
.SUN NIGHT...E to SE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.