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FZNT25 KNHC 121456
OFFN04

NAVTEX Marine Forecast
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL
1056 AM EDT Fri May 12 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 ridge will continue to dominate the Gulf waters
during the next several days producing gentle to moderate E to
SE winds E of 90W and moderate to fresh return flow W of 90W.
Winds are forecast to increase to fresh to strong speeds over
the western Gulf tonight into Sat with seas building to 8 ft.
Fresh to locally strong winds will pulse near and to the NW of
the Yucatan Peninsula each night through Sun night. Then, winds
are forecast to veer to the E across most of the basin by late
Sun as high pressure settles over the northern Gulf. Slight to
moderate seas will prevail, reaching 7 or 8 ft in the NW Gulf
through Sun under a persisting SE wind flow.  

.THIS AFTERNOON...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt in the afternoon.
Seas 3 to 5 ft. 
.TONIGHT...E winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. 
.SAT...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. 
.SAT NIGHT...E winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. 
.SUN...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. 
.SUN NIGHT...NE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. 
.MON...N to NE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 ft in the morning,
subsiding to 2 ft or less. 
.MON NIGHT...N to NE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. 
.TUE...NE to E winds less than 5 kt,  shifting to NW in the
afternoon. Seas 2 ft or less. 
.TUE NIGHT...NW to N winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less.  

Within 200 nm east of the coast of Florida

.SYNOPSIS...A cold front extends from 31N50W to 24N64W where it
becomes stationary to the SE Bahamas and north-central Cuba. The
front will persist on Sat and lift N on Sun while dissipating. 
Moderate to locally fresh NE to E winds and moderate seas will 
follow the front today. High pressure building over the western 
Atlantic in the wake of the front will bring moderate to fresh E 
winds across the waters E of the Bahamas tonight into Sat. The 
high pressure will shift SE toward the NE corner of the forecast 
area on Sun producing gentle to moderate E to SE winds. 

.THIS AFTERNOON...S of 27N, E winds 15 to 20 kt in the afternoon.
N of 27N, E winds 10 to 15 kt in the afternoon. Seas 3 to 4 ft. 
.TONIGHT...E winds 15 to 20 kt S of 27N, and E 10 to 15 kt N of
27N. Seas 3 to 5 ft. 
.SAT...E winds 15 to 20 kt S of 27N, and E 10 to 15 kt N of 27N.
Seas 3 to 5 ft. 
.SAT NIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. 
.SUN...E winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less S of 27N, and 3 to
5 ft N of 27N. 
.SUN NIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less S of 27N, and
3 to 5 ft N of 27N. 
.MON...E winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less S of 27N, and 3 ft N
of 27N. 
.MON NIGHT...E winds 5 to 10 kt. S of 27N, seas 2 ft or less. N
of 27N, seas 3 ft, subsiding to 2 ft or less. 
.TUE...E to SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. 
.TUE NIGHT...SE to S winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less S of
27N, and 3 ft N of 27N.