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FZNT27 KNHC 090939
OFFN06

NAVTEX Marine Forecast
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL
439 AM EST Sat Dec 9 2023

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

.SYNOPSIS...Moderate to locally fresh return flow is expected to
continue through today ahead of the next cold front forecast to
enter the NW Gulf this evening. The front will reach from
Mobile, AL to Tuxpan, Mexico Sun morning, from Cedar Key, FL to
Merida, Mexico in the NW Yucatan peninsula Sun evening, and exit
the basin Mon morning. Near-gale to gale force winds are
expected behind the front across the western Gulf, from offshore
Texas southward to the Bay of Campeche Sat night through Sun
evening. In the eastern and central Gulf, strong to near-gale 
force winds will follow the front. Scattered thunderstorms are 
expected to accompany the front as it moves across the Gulf of 
Mexico. Winds and seas will gradually subside across the basin 
late Mon. Looking ahead, the aforementioned front may stall 
across the western Atlantic and NW Caribbean early next week, 
before moving back northward as a warm front toward the middle of
next week. The gradient between very strong high pressure north 
of the area and lower pressure associated with the warm front may
induce fresh to strong E winds and building seas across the 
northern Gulf by the middle of next week. 

Northwest Gulf of Mexico

...GALE WARNING...

.TODAY...S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. 
.TONIGHT...SW winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming NW 25 to 35 kt after 
midnight. Seas 3 to 4 ft, building to 5 to 8 ft after midnight. 
Scattered showers and chance of tstms. 
.SUN...N winds 25 to 35 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft in NW to N swell. 
.SUN NIGHT...N winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. 
.MON...NE to E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. 
.MON NIGHT...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. 
.TUE...E winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. 
.TUE NIGHT...E winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. 
.WED...NE to E winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. 
.WED NIGHT...E winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft in E swell.  

North Central and Northeast Gulf of Mexico

.TODAY...SE to S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Scattered
showers and slight chance of tstms. 
.TONIGHT...S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Scattered
showers and chance of tstms. 
.SUN...SW winds 10 to 15 kt, becoming NW 20 to 25 kt in the
afternoon. Seas 3 to 5 ft, building to 5 to 7 ft in the
afternoon. Scattered showers and chance of tstms. 
.SUN NIGHT...NW to N winds 25 to 30 kt, shifting to N 20 kt
after midnight. Seas 7 to 10 ft in NW swell. 
.MON...N to NE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. 
.MON NIGHT...NE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. 
.TUE...NE to E winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. 
.TUE NIGHT...NE to E winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. 
.WED...NE to E winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. 
.WED NIGHT...NE to E winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft in E
swell.