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FZNT25 KNHC 151456
OFFN04

NAVTEX Marine Forecast
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL
1056 AM EDT Fri Mar 15 2024

...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...The Bermuda high will slide eastward across the
Atlantic through the weekend, yet maintain a lingering ridge
westward over the western Atlantic and into the central Gulf 
through Sun. Moderate to occasionally fresh SE winds are
forecast over the majority of the basin through today. Fresh to
locally strong winds will pulse near and to the NW of the
Yucatan Peninsula each night and early morning hours. A weak
cold front will enter the NW Gulf waters today and slide
eastward along 29N. A stronger cold front will move across the
area late this weekend into early next week, resulting in an
increase in winds and seas.  

.THIS AFTERNOON...SE winds 10 to 15 kt in the afternoon. Seas
3 to 4 ft. 
.TONIGHT...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. 
.SAT...SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 ft in the morning, subsiding
to 2 ft or less. 
.SAT NIGHT...E to SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. 
.SUN...SE to S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. 
.SUN NIGHT...S to SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. 
.MON...SW winds 5 to 10 kt, shifting to W to NW 10 to 15 kt in
the afternoon. Seas 2 ft or less. 
.MON NIGHT...N winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 2 ft or less, building to
3 ft after midnight. 
.TUE...N to NE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. 
.TUE NIGHT...NE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.  

Within 200 nm east of the coast of Florida

.SYNOPSIS...High pressure centered just SE of Bermuda will slide
eastward and into the eastern Atlantic through the weekend. A
broad associated ridge will persist westward across the area
through  most of the forecast period. Rough seas in northerly
swell dominating E of 60W will gradually subside from W to E
today. A weak cold front will move into the NW waters Sat. A
stronger cold front will enter the offshore waters of NE Florida
on Mon  morning. A tightening pressure gradient behind the front
will  support fresh to strong NW to N winds late Mon into Tue
off NE  Florida and over the western Atlantic, north of 28N.
Conditions  will improve by midweek. 

.THIS AFTERNOON...SE winds 10 to 15 kt in the afternoon. Seas
3 to 4 ft. 
.TONIGHT...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. 
.SAT...SE winds 10 to 15 kt S of 27N, and SW 10 to 15 kt N of
27N. Seas 3 to 4 ft. 
.SAT NIGHT...SE winds 10 to 15 kt S of 27N, and S to SW 10 to
15 kt N of 27N. Seas 3 ft. 
.SUN...S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. 
.SUN NIGHT...S winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. 
.MON...SW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. 
.MON NIGHT...W winds 10 to 15 kt, becoming NW 20 to 25 kt after
midnight. Seas 3 to 5 ft. 
.TUE...N winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. 
.TUE NIGHT...N winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft.