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FZNT27 KNHC 020313
OFFN06

NAVTEX Marine Forecast
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL
1013 PM EST Wed Mar 1 2023

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

.SYNOPSIS...A surface ridge will continue to dominate the Gulf
waters through tonight. Moist southerly flow will favor the
development of marine fog across portions of the northern Gulf
tonight into early Thu morning. SE to S winds will increase to
fresh to strong Thu, ahead of a cold front forecast to move off
the Texas coast Thu night. The front will reach from
Apalachicola, FL to the central Bay of Campeche Fri evening
before stalling and weakening later Fri night into early Sat.
Near-gale force S winds, with frequent gusts to gale force, will
precede the front across the northern Gulf Thu evening through
Fri morning. Strong NW winds are expected behind the front over
the western Gulf, except for minimal gale force offshore Tampico
and Veracruz, Mexico Fri. Winds and seas should subside by Sat. 

Northwest Gulf of Mexico

...GALE WARNING THU NIGHT...

.TONIGHT...SE to S winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Patchy
dense fog. 
.THU...SE to S winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. 
.THU NIGHT...S to SW winds 20 to 30 kt with frequent gusts to 
gale force. Seas 7 to 10 ft in SE to S swell. Chance of showers 
and slight chance of tstms. 
.FRI...W to NW winds 20 to 25 kt, becoming NW 10 to 15 kt in the
afternoon. Seas 6 to 9 ft in SE swell. 
.FRI NIGHT...N winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft in SE swell. 
.SAT...NE to E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. 
.SAT NIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. 
.SUN...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. 
.SUN NIGHT...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. 
.MON...SE to S winds 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. 
.MON NIGHT...SE to S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.  

North Central and Northeast Gulf of Mexico

...GALE WARNING THU NIGHT...

.TONIGHT...S winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. 
.THU...S winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. 
.THU NIGHT...SE to S winds 15 to 20 kt, shifting to S 20 to
30 kt with frequent gusts to gale force after midnight. Seas 4 
to 6 ft, building to 7 to 10 ft in S swell after midnight. Slight
chance of showers. 
.FRI...S to SW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 8 to 12 ft in S to SW
swell. Chance of showers and slight chance of tstms. 
.FRI NIGHT...W winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. 
.SAT...N winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft in S swell. 
.SAT NIGHT...NE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft in S swell. 
.SUN...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. 
.SUN NIGHT...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. 
.MON...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. 
.MON NIGHT...SE to S winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 ft.