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FZNT25 KNHC 220947
OFFN04

NAVTEX Marine Forecast
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL
547 AM EDT Fri Mar 22 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...Developing low pressure over eastern Texas is
forecast to move E across the northern Gulf today then NE and
inland across the southeastern U.S. Fri night through Sat. A
trailing cold front will enter the NW Gulf this morning, reach
from Mobile Bay to near Veracruz, Mexico Fri evening, and exit
the basin to the SE late Sat afternoon. Strong to near
gale-force southerly winds are expected ahead of the front
today, with fresh to strong northerly winds spilling across the
basin well behind the front Fri night through Sat. Widespread
showers and strong thunderstorms, some potentially severe, are
expected across central through SE portions of the Gulf, ahead
of the low center and the cold front. High pressure in the wake
of the front will quickly shift eastward from late Sat night
through Sun night, allowing for fresh to strong southerly winds
to develop over the western Gulf, ahead of the next cold front.
Strong southerly winds will shift to the central and eastern
Gulf early Mon through Mon night as a cold front moves enters
the western Gulf early Tue. 

.TODAY...SE to S winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. Numerous
showers and scattered tstms. 
.TONIGHT...S winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. Scattered showers
and isolated tstms. 
.SAT...W winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. Scattered showers and
isolated tstms. 
.SAT NIGHT...NW winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. 
.SUN...N to NE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft in NW swell. 
.SUN NIGHT...NE to E winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. 
.MON...E to SE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. 
.MON NIGHT...E to SE winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. 
.TUE...SE winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. 
.TUE NIGHT...SE to S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft in SE
swell.  

Within 200 nm east of the coast of Florida

.SYNOPSIS...Atlantic high pressure is centered along the middle 
Atlantic coast of the U.S. and will shift E-NE and strengthen 
through the weekend. Fresh to strong southerly winds will
develop  E of Florida today, as low pressure tracks eastward
across the  northern Gulf of Mexico, and then inland across the
southeastern  U.S. Fri night. Strong southerly winds will expand
in coverage  over the western waters, ahead of a cold front,
increasing to  gale-force across the northern waters Fri evening
through Sun. The front will exit NE Florida Sat afternoon, reach
from near 31N72W  to central Cuba on Sun morning, from 31N64W to
the Windward  Passage by Mon morning, then weaken considerably
as it moves SE  across the NE Caribbean and adjacent Atlantic
waters through Tue.  Strong to near gale-force NE winds and
large NE to N swell will  follow the front Sun through Mon. 

...GALE WARNING...

.TODAY...E to SE winds 15 to 20 kt S of 27N, and SE 20 to 25 kt N
of 27N. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Scattered showers and isolated tstms. 
.TONIGHT...SE to S winds 25 to 35 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft in E to SE
swell. Scattered tstms. 
.SAT...SW winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. Numerous showers and
scattered tstms. 
.SAT NIGHT...W winds 20 to 25 kt S of 27N, and W 15 to 20 kt N of
27N. Seas 6 to 9 ft. Scattered showers. 
.SUN...NW to N winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. 
.SUN NIGHT...N to NE winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft in N to
NE swell. 
.MON...NE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft in NE swell. 
.MON NIGHT...NE to E winds 15 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft in NE swell. 
.TUE...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft in NE swell. 
.TUE NIGHT...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft in NE to E
swell.