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FZNT27 KNHC 190923
OFFN06

NAVTEX Marine Forecast
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL
423 AM EST Wed Jan 19 2022

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

.SYNOPSIS...A ridge will continue to dominate the Gulf waters
today. Fresh southerly return flow across the western Gulf will
persist today ahead of the next cold front forecast to emerge
from the coast of Texas late tonight. The front will reach from
SE Louisiana to Brownsville, Texas on Thu morning, and from the
Florida Big Bend to near Veracruz, Mexico by Thu night. Strong
northerly winds and building seas are expected in the wake of
the front over the western Gulf. Gale conditions are forecast
over the west-central and SW Gulf Thu through Fri. Then, the
front is forecast to move slowly on Fri, and a low pressure may
develop along the frontal boundary over the NE Gulf on Sat. The
low is forecast to move NE into the W Atlantic dragging the cold
front across the SE Gulf by Sat night. 

Northwest Gulf of Mexico

.TODAY...S winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. 
.TONIGHT...S to SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. 
.THU...W to NW winds 20 to 25 kt, shifting to N in the
afternoon. Seas 5 to 7 ft. Scattered showers. 
.THU NIGHT...N to NE winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft.
Scattered showers and isolated tstms. 
.FRI...N to NE winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. 
.FRI NIGHT...N to NE winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. 
.SAT...N to NE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. 
.SAT NIGHT...NE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. 
.SUN...NE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. 
.SUN NIGHT...NE to E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.  

North Central and Northeast Gulf of Mexico

.TODAY...SE to S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. 
.TONIGHT...S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. 
.THU...S to SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less, building to
3 ft in the afternoon. Scattered showers.
.THU NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 20 kt, shifting to N to NE late.
Seas 3 to 5 ft. Scattered showers. 
.FRI...NE winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. 
.FRI NIGHT...NE winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. 
.SAT...NE winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. 
.SAT NIGHT...N to NE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. 
.SUN...N winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. 
.SUN NIGHT...N winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.