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FZNT25 KNHC 161414
OFFN04

NAVTEX Marine Forecast
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL
914 AM EST Sat Dec 16 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 across the eastern United
States will support strong winds over the northern and eastern
Gulf of Mexico into tonight, with easterly gales offshore of
Florida through this morning. A 1011 mb low pressure near 24N91W
will strengthen and move E-NE across the basin through this
evening, and inland across the Florida Big Bend late tonight.
This will produce additional gales in the NE Gulf tonight.
Thunderstorms in association with this low will provide locally
higher winds and seas today and tonight. A cold front will trail
from the low, moving SE of the Gulf midday Sun. High pressure 
will then settle in over the area through early next week allowing
for marine conditions to improve. 

...GALE WARNING THROUGH SUN...

.TODAY...E to SE winds 25 to 35 kt. Seas 9 to 14 ft in E to SE
swell. Numerous showers and scattered tstms. 
.TONIGHT...S winds 25 to 30 kt, shifting to SW to W after 
midnight. Seas 8 to 11 ft in S to SW swell. Scattered tstms. 
.SUN...NW winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 8 to 11 ft in NW swell.
Scattered showers. 
.SUN NIGHT...NW winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft in NW to N
swell. 
.MON...NW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 9 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 4 to 6 ft. 
.TUE NIGHT...NE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. 
.WED...NE to E winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. 
.WED NIGHT...NE to E winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft.  

Within 200 nm east of the coast of Florida

.SYNOPSIS...A slow moving cold front extends from 27N55W to near
24N60W, where it becomes stationary and continues through the 
central Bahamas and Straits of Florida. This front will become
stationary along 23N today and begin to weaken. The pressure 
gradient between the strong high pressure building north of the 
area and the front will result in near gale to gale-force NE to
E winds and high seas over the waters W of 65W and north of 23N 
through tonight. Gulf of Mexico low pressure will move NE across
N Florida tonight, then emerge along the SE coast of the U.S. on
 Sun. A large area of southerly gales will develop SE of the low
 and an associated cold front tonight through Sun night.
Numerous  thunderstorms in association with this low will
provide locally  higher winds and seas through Sun. Gale-force
winds will lift N  of the area waters Mon night as the cold
front reaches from near Bermuda to the Windward Passage.

...GALE WARNING THROUGH SUN NIGHT...

.TODAY...E to SE winds 25 to 35 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft in E swell.
Scattered showers and isolated tstms. 
.TONIGHT...SE winds 25 to 35 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 of 27N, SW winds 20 to 30 kt. N of 27N, SE to S winds
30 to 40 kt, shifting to S to SW 25 to 30 kt in the afternoon.
Seas 10 to 15 ft in SE swell. Scattered tstms. 
.SUN NIGHT...W to NW winds 20 to 25 kt S of 27N, and W 25 to 35 
kt N of 27N. Seas 8 to 13 ft in W to NW swell. 
.MON...W to NW winds 20 to 25 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 20 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. 
.WED...NE winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. 
.WED NIGHT...NE winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft.