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FZNT27 KNHC 130238
OFFN06

NAVTEX Marine Forecast
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL
938 PM EST Thu Dec 12 2019

...Please refer to Coastal Waters Forecasts (CWF) available
through NOAA Weather Radio and other means for detailed
Coastal Waters Forecasts...

.SYNOPSIS...A complex weather pattern exists over the Gulf basin
with two weak areas of low pressure and two stationary fronts
drapped from NE to SW. The lows and fronts will merge tonight
into early Fri, shifting E of the basin this weekend. High pres
E of the area will allow for southerly return flow to setup by
the end of the weekend. A strong cold front will move into the
NW Gulf Mon night, moving across the basin through Tue night.
Fresh to near gale force winds will follow the front, except
gale force possible in the W central and SW Gulf Tue and Tue
night. 

Northwest Gulf of Mexico

.TONIGHT...NE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.
Scattered showers and isolated tstms. 
.FRI...N to NE winds 5 to 10 kt, shifting to W to NW in the
afternoon. Seas 3 to 5 ft. 
.FRI NIGHT...W winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. 
.SAT...W winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. 
.SAT NIGHT...S to SW winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming S 15 to 20 kt
after midnight. Seas 3 to 4 ft. 
.SUN...S winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. 
.SUN NIGHT...S winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. 
.MON...S winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. 
.MON NIGHT...S to SW winds 10 to 15 kt, becoming N 20 to 25 kt
after midnight. Seas 5 to 6 ft. 
.TUE...N to NE winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. 
.TUE NIGHT...N to NE winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft in SE to
S swell.  

North Central and Northeast Gulf of Mexico

.TONIGHT...E to SE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft.
Scattered tstms. 
.FRI...SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Scattered tstms. 
.FRI NIGHT...W winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
Scattered showers and isolated tstms. 
.SAT...W to NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. 
.SAT NIGHT...W to NW winds 5 to 10 kt, shifting to SW after
midnight. Seas 3 ft in the evening, subsiding to 2 ft or less. 
.SUN...SE to S winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. 
.SUN NIGHT...SE to S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less,
building to 3 ft after midnight. 
.MON...SE to S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. 
.MON NIGHT...S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. 
.TUE...SW winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming NW to N 15 to 20 kt in the
afternoon. Seas 3 to 5 ft. 
.TUE NIGHT...N to NE winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft.