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FZNT27 KNHC 181505
OFFN06

NAVTEX Marine Forecast
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL
1005 AM EST Wed Dec 18 2019

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

.SYNOPSIS...A strong cold front, that passes through Florida
about 30 nm to the NNW of Lake Okeechobee, into the Yucatan
Peninsula, will move southeast of the area later today.
Northerly gale-force winds, and large seas behind the front in
the SW Gulf, will persist through the early evening. The wind
speeds and the sea heights will diminish in the central and
western sections of the Gulf, on Thursday and Thursday night.
Strong NE to E winds will continue in the Straits of Florida,
after the frontal passage, from Thursday through Friday night. A
low pressure center is expected to develop in the eastern Gulf
on Friday night, and move across northern Florida during the
weekend. Gale-force winds are possible in the eastern Gulf with
the low pressure center. 

Northwest Gulf of Mexico

.TODAY...N to NE winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft in E swell. 
.TONIGHT...N to NE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. 
.THU...NE to E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. 
.THU NIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. 
.FRI...E winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. 
.FRI NIGHT...NE to E winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. 
.SAT...N to NE winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. 
.SAT NIGHT...N winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. 
.SUN...N winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. 
.SUN NIGHT...N to NE winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft.  

North Central and Northeast Gulf of Mexico

...GALE CONDITIONS POSSIBLE SAT THROUGH SUN NIGHT...

.TODAY...N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft in N swell. 
.TONIGHT...N to NE winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft in N to NE
swell. 
.THU...NE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. 
.THU NIGHT...NE to E winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. 
.FRI...NE to E winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. 
.FRI NIGHT...NE to E winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. 
.SAT...W of 85W N to NE winds 25 to 35 kt. Seas 8 to 11 ft in E 
to SE swell. Elsewhere SE winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft in
E to SE swell.
.SAT NIGHT...N of 28N E of 87W N to NE winds 25 to 35 kt. Seas 8
to 13 ft in E to SE swell. Elsewhere N winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 8
to 11 ft. 
.SUN...NW to N winds 25 to 35 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft in E to SE 
swell. 
.SUN NIGHT...N winds 25 to 35 kt. Seas 8 to 11 ft in NE swell.