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FZNT27 KNHC 200840
OFFN06

NAVTEX Marine Forecast
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL
440 AM EDT Sun Aug 20 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 over the Gulf waters will support
mostly gentle to moderate winds and slight seas across the basin
through tonight. Looking ahead, an area of disturbed weather
located over the Straits of Florida and the southern Florida
peninsula will move into the Gulf of Mexico later today, where a
broad area of low pressure is expected to form early this week.
Some slow development of this system could occur thereafter as
it moves westward at about 15 to 20 kt, and a tropical
depression could form as it approaches the western Gulf of
Mexico coastline by Tuesday. This system has a low chance of
development in 48 hours and a medium chance in 7 days.  

Northwest Gulf of Mexico

.TODAY...SW to W winds less than 5 kt, becoming NE 10 to 15 kt
in the afternoon. Seas 2 ft or less. 
.TONIGHT...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less,
building to 3 ft after midnight. 
.MON...NE to E winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Scattered
showers and isolated tstms. 
.MON NIGHT...E winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. Scattered
showers and isolated tstms. 
.TUE...E to SE winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. 
.TUE NIGHT...E to SE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. 
.WED...NE to E winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft in E to SE
swell. 
.WED NIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. 
.THU...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. 
.THU NIGHT...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft.  

North Central and Northeast Gulf of Mexico

.TODAY...NE to E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. Scattered
showers and isolated tstms. 
.TONIGHT...E to SE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Scattered
showers and isolated tstms. 
.MON...E to SE winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. Scattered
showers and isolated tstms. 
.MON NIGHT...E to SE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. 
.TUE...NE to E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. 
.TUE NIGHT...E winds 5 to 10 kt, shifting to N to NE after
midnight. Seas 3 to 5 ft. 
.WED...NE to E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. 
.WED NIGHT...E to SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. 
.THU...E winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. 
.THU NIGHT...SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 ft in the evening,
subsiding to 2 ft or less.