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FZNT27 KNHC 021439
OFFN06

NAVTEX Marine Forecast
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL
939 AM EST Thu Jan 2 2020

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

.SYNOPSIS...A stationary front extends over the western Gulf.
The front will start moving eastward later today, reaching from
the western Florida Panhandle to Veracruz Mexico by Fri
afternoon. A reinforcing front will move off the Texas coast
tonight, reaching from southwest Louisiana to northeast Mexico
by Fri afternoon. Both fronts will move east of the Gulf by Sat
afternoon. Expect increasing winds and building seas across the
Gulf both ahead of, and behind, these fronts as they move across
the Gulf waters. Winds and seas will diminish Sun and Mon as
high pressure builds over the Gulf in the wake of the second
front.  

Northwest Gulf of Mexico

.TODAY...S to SW winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. Scattered
showers and isolated tstms. 
.TONIGHT...SW winds 20 to 25 kt, becoming S to SW 5 to 10 kt
late. Seas 5 to 7 ft. Scattered showers and isolated tstms. 
.FRI...SW to W winds 10 to 15 kt, becoming W to NW 20 to 25 kt
in the afternoon. Seas 5 to 7 ft. Scattered showers and isolated
tstms. 
.FRI NIGHT...NW winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. 
.SAT...NW winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. 
.SAT NIGHT...W to NW winds 15 to 20 kt, becoming SW to W 5 to
10 kt late. Seas 4 to 6 ft.
.SUN...S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. 
.SUN NIGHT...S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less, building to
3 ft late. 
.MON...S to SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft in the morning,
subsiding to 2 ft or less. 
.MON NIGHT...SW winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming NW to N 15 to 20 kt
late. Seas 2 ft or less.  

North Central and Northeast Gulf of Mexico

.TODAY...SE to S winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. 
.TONIGHT...S winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. Scattered
showers and isolated tstms. 
.FRI...S to SW winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. Scattered
showers and isolated tstms. 
.FRI NIGHT...W to NW winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft.
Scattered showers and isolated tstms. 
.SAT...W to NW winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft. 
.SAT NIGHT...NW to N winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft. 
.SUN...N winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. 
.SUN NIGHT...NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 ft, subsiding to 2 ft
or less. 
.MON...NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. 
.MON NIGHT...W winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less.