594 
FZNT25 KNHC 150945
OFFN04

NAVTEX Marine Forecast
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL
445 AM EST Fri Dec 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...Strong high pressure building across the eastern
United States will support strong winds over the northern and
eastern Gulf of Mexico today, with easterly gales offshore of SW
 Florida through this afternoon. Low pressure will form in the
SW Gulf Fri night, then move NE Sat and inland across the
Florida Big Bend Sat night. This will produce additional gales
in the NE Gulf beginning Sat. A cold front will trail from the
low, exiting the Gulf by early Sun. Strong north winds will
spill into the western Gulf Sat and Sat night behind the front.
High pressure will then settle in over the area through early
next week allowing for marine conditions to improve. Expect
widespread showers and thunderstorms over most of the central
and eastern Gulf through early Sun.  

...GALE WARNING...

.TODAY...NE to E winds 25 to 35 kt. Seas 8 to 13 ft in E swell.
Scattered tstms. 
.TONIGHT...E winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 8 to 13 ft in E swell.
Scattered showers and isolated tstms. 
.SAT...SE winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 8 to 11 ft in E to SE swell.
Scattered tstms. 
.SAT NIGHT...S winds 20 to 25 kt, shifting to W after midnight.
Seas 8 to 13 ft in SW swell. Scattered tstms. 
.SUN...W to NW winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 8 to 13 ft in NW swell. 
.SUN NIGHT...NW winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 9 ft.
.MON...NW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. 
.MON NIGHT...NW to N winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft. 
.TUE...N to NE winds 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. 
.TUE NIGHT...NE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.  

Within 200 nm east of the coast of Florida

.SYNOPSIS...A slow moving cold front extends from 31N55W to the 
northwest Bahamas near 25N76W, where it becomes stationary and 
continues through the Straits of Florida. This front will sink
southward and become stationary along 23N by Sat. The pressure
gradient between the strong high pressure building north of the 
area and the front will result in near gale to gale force 
northeast to east winds and high seas over the waters W of 70W 
and north of 24N into Fri afternoon. The front will then lift N 
as a warm front Sat afternoon through Sun, in advance of Gulf of
 Mexico low pressure that will move NE across Florida Sat night.
 This low will move through the NW Atlantic waters Sun through
Sun night, when a large area of southerly gales is expected E of
the low. Widespread showers and thunderstorms are expected over
most of the western half of the area through the weekend. 

...GALE WARNING...
...GALE CONDITIONS POSSIBLE...

.TODAY...NE to E winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 8 to 13 ft in NE to E
swell. Scattered showers. 
.TONIGHT...E winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 8 to 11 ft in NE to E swell.
Scattered showers and isolated tstms. 
.SAT...E winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft in E swell. Scattered
showers and isolated tstms. 
.SAT NIGHT...SE winds 25 to 30 kt S of 27N, and E to SE 30 to
40 kt N of 27N. Seas 9 to 14 ft in E to SE swell. Numerous
showers and scattered tstms. 
.SUN...S winds 25 to 35 kt, shifting to SW to W 20 to 30 kt in
the afternoon. Seas 10 to 15 ft in SE swell. 
.SUN NIGHT...W to NW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 8 to 13 ft in NE
swell. 
.MON...W to NW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft in NW swell. 
.MON NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft.
.TUE...N winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. 
.TUE NIGHT...N to NE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft.