000 FZNT25 KNHC 202031 OFFN04 NAVTEX Marine Forecast NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL 431 PM EDT Sat Jul 20 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...A ridge will remain in place across the Gulf waters over the next several days. It will support gentle to locally moderate E to SE winds and slight seas. Pulsing moderate to fresh winds are expected near and to the NW of the Yucatan Peninsula during the evening and night hours due to local effects. Scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms are expected over the Straits of Florida Sun night as a tropical wave passes to the S. .TONIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Isolated showers and thunderstorms. .SUN...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Isolated showers and thunderstorms. .SUN NIGHT...E winds 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms, except scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms Straits of Florida. .MON...SE winds 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms, except scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms Straits of Florida. .MON NIGHT...SE winds 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .TUE...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .TUE NIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .WED...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .WED NIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .THU...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .THU NIGHT...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Within 200 nm east of the coast of Florida .SYNOPSIS...The Bermuda-Azores high will continue to dominate the Atlantic forecast waters through the weekend, then lift N to near 30N early next week. The related pressure gradient will support moderate to fresh easterly winds south of 26N, with winds pulsing to strong during the late afternoons and evenings off the northern coast of Hispaniola into next week. Numerous thunderstorms over the waters south of 25N between 68W and 74W are associated with an upper-level low and a surface trough while the northern portion of a tropical wave is over eastern Cuba. These features along with the thunderstorm activity will continue to shift westward reaching the waters between the Bahamas and Cuba, including the Straits of Florida late Sun into Mon. Some of the thunderstorms may produce strong gusty winds and rough seas. .TONIGHT...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Scattered showers and thunderstorms N of 27N. Isolated showers and thunderstorms S of 27N. .SUN...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Scattered showers and thunderstorms. .SUN NIGHT...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Scattered showers and thunderstorms. .MON...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Scattered showers and thunderstorms. .MON NIGHT...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .TUE...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .TUE NIGHT...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .WED...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .WED NIGHT...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .THU...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .THU NIGHT...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.