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FZNT25 KNHC 301517
OFFN04

NAVTEX Marine Forecast
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL
1117 AM EDT Mon Oct 30 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 cold front extends across the NW Gulf from the
central Louisiana coast to just N of Tampico, Mexico. The front
will move SE across the entire basin by Wed evening. Gale force
winds and quickly building seas will follow the front through
Wed. Winds may reach storm-force in gusts mainly over the SW
Gulf late Tue through Wed. High seas to 20 ft are expected
across the SW Gulf by late Tue. Winds and seas will begin the
subside from the NW on Thu as the front stalls across the NW
Caribbean and central Bahamas. 

.THIS AFTERNOON...NE to E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft.
Scattered showers and isolated tstms. 
.TONIGHT...NE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. 
.TUE...N to NE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. 
.TUE NIGHT...N winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft, building to
5 to 7 ft after midnight. 
.WED...N to NE winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft in NW to N
swell. 
.WED NIGHT...NE winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft in N swell. 
.THU...NE winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft in NE swell. 
.THU NIGHT...NE to E winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. 
.FRI...NE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. 
.FRI NIGHT...NE winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. 

Within 200 nm east of the coast of Florida

.SYNOPSIS...A 1008 mb low pressure center near 25.5N74.5W 
continues to produce an area of gale-force winds within 150 nm
NE of the low. A surface trough extends from the low southward
through the SE Bahamas. The low is expected to move slowly west-
 northwestward today, with winds diminishing below gale-force,
and then turn northward and northeastward on Tuesday and
Wednesday and weaken further. A strong cold front is forecast to
move into the NW waters Wed, and reach from Bermuda to the
central Bahamas early Thu.  

.THIS AFTERNOON...N to NE winds 10 to 15 kt S of 27N, and NE
15 to 20 kt N of 27N. Seas 3 to 5 ft. 
.TONIGHT...N winds 10 to 15 kt S of 27N, and NE 10 to 15 kt N of
27N. Seas 3 to 5 ft. 
.TUE...NW to N winds 5 to 10 kt S of 27N, and N 10 to 15 kt N of
27N. Seas 3 to 5 ft. 
.TUE NIGHT...N winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. 
.WED...N winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft, building to 5 to 7 ft
in the afternoon. 
.WED NIGHT...N to NE winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. 
.THU...NE winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. 
.THU NIGHT...NE winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. 
.FRI...NE winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. 
.FRI NIGHT...NE to E winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft.