783 
FZNT25 KNHC 151506
OFFN04

NAVTEX Marine Forecast
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL
1006 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
Florida through this afternoon. Low pressure will form in the SW
Gulf tonight, then move NE Sat and inland across the Florida Big
Bend Sat night. This will produce additional gales in the NE
Gulf beginning tonight. Thunderstorms in association with this
low will provide additional marine hazards Sat. A cold front
will trail from the low, exiting the Gulf by Sun morning. 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 THROUGH SAT...

.TODAY...NE to E winds 25 to 35 kt. Seas 8 to 13 ft in E swell.
Scattered tstms. 
.TONIGHT...E winds 25 to 35 kt. Seas 8 to 13 ft in E swell.
Numerous showers and isolated tstms. 
.SAT...E to SE winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 8 to 11 ft in E to SE
swell. Numerous showers and isolated tstms. 
.SAT NIGHT...SE to S winds 20 to 25 kt, shifting to SW to W after
midnight. Seas 8 to 11 ft in SW swell. Showers and isolated
tstms. 
.SUN...NW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 8 to 11 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 7 ft. 
.TUE...N to NE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 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 31N52W to just
E of the Bahamas, where it becomes stationary and continues 
through the Straits of Florida. This front will sink southward 
before becoming fully 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 this afternoon. The front will then
gradually dissipate Sat night 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 into Sun 
night, when a large area of southerly gales will exist E of the 
low. Thunderstorms in association with this low will provide
additional marine hazards this weekend.

...GALE WARNING THROUGH SAT...

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