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FZNT25 KNHC 020836
OFFN04

NAVTEX Marine Forecast
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL
436 AM EDT Thu May 2 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...Surface ridging continues to dominate the Gulf
waters. The pressure gradient between the ridge and lower
pressures in Texas and Mexico will continue to tighten, and
fresh to strong pulsing winds in the western half of the Gulf
will prevail through Fri. Moderate or weaker winds will prevail
in the eastern half of the basin. Winds will pulse to strong
speeds nightly near and to the NW of the Yucatan Peninsula due
to local effects induced by a thermal trough.  

.TODAY...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less, building to 3 ft
in the afternoon. 
.TONIGHT...E winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 ft. 
.FRI...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. 
.FRI NIGHT...E winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. 
.SAT...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. 
.SAT NIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. 
.SUN...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. 
.SUN NIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. 
.MON...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. 
.MON NIGHT...E winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.  

Within 200 nm east of the coast of Florida

.SYNOPSIS...A surface ridge extends across the SW Atlantic and 
supports moderate to fresh easterly winds S of 25N, including
the approaches to the Windward Passage. The ridge is expected to 
slide eastward and weaken today, while a surface trough develops 
just N of Hispaniola. The pressure gradient between the ridge and 
the trough will support pulsing strong E-SE winds E of the trough 
and moderate to fresh NE-E winds W of the trough. The trough will 
also amplify the area of showers and tstms currently affecting the
southern Bahamas and the Great Bahama Bank. The trough is 
forecast to become a weak low, which will track NE Fri through 
Sat, and open back into a trough while exiting the area on Sun. 

.TODAY...E winds 10 to 15 kt S of 27N, and E 5 to 10 kt N of 27N.
Seas 3 ft in the morning, subsiding to 2 ft or less. 
.TONIGHT...NE to E winds 10 to 15 kt S of 27N, and E 10 to 15 kt
N of 27N. Seas 2 ft or less, building to 3 ft after midnight. 
.FRI...NE to E winds 10 to 15 kt S of 27N, and E 5 to 10 kt N of
27N. Seas 3 ft. 
.FRI NIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. 
.SAT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. 
.SAT NIGHT...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. 
.SUN...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. 
.SUN NIGHT...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. 
.MON...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. 
.MON NIGHT...E to SE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.