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FZNT27 KNHC 221439
OFFN06

NAVTEX Marine Forecast
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL
1039 AM EDT Fri Mar 22 2024

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

.SYNOPSIS...Strong thunderstorms are occurring over portions of
the central and southeastern Gulf of Mexico in association with
a stationary front and a pair of 1006 mb lows along the front.
This system will move E today and then inland across Florida
tonight. Strong to near gale-force southerly winds are expected
over the eastern Gulf today, mainly associated with the
thunderstorm activity. Some of the thunderstorms could be severe
with gale force gusts and frequent lightning. A trailing cold
front is located over the NW Gulf of Mexico and will reach from
near Pensacola, FL to near Veracruz, Mexico this evening, and
exit the basin to the SE late Sat afternoon. Fresh to strong
northerly winds will spill across the basin well behind the
front tonight through Sat. High pressure in the wake of the
front will quickly shift eastward from late Sat night through
Sun night, allowing for fresh to strong southerly winds to
develop over the western Gulf, ahead of the next cold front.
Strong southerly winds will shift to the central and eastern
Gulf early Mon through Mon night as a cold front enters the
western Gulf late Mon night. 

Northwest Gulf of Mexico

.THIS AFTERNOON...W to NW winds 10 to 15 kt in the afternoon.
Seas 5 to 7 ft. Patchy dense fog. 
.TONIGHT...NW to N winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. 
.SAT...N winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. 
.SAT NIGHT...NE to E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. 
.SUN...SE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. 
.SUN NIGHT...SE to S winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. 
.MON...SE to S winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. 
.MON NIGHT...S winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft in SE swell. 
.TUE...NW winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft in E to SE swell. 
.TUE NIGHT...N to NE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft in SE
swell.  

North Central and Northeast Gulf of Mexico

.THIS AFTERNOON...S to SW winds 15 to 20 kt in the afternoon.
Seas 4 to 6 ft. Scattered showers and slight chance of tstms. 
.TONIGHT...SW to W winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. Scattered
showers and slight chance of tstms. 
.SAT...NW winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. 
.SAT NIGHT...N winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. 
.SUN...NE to E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft, subsiding to
3 to 5 ft in the afternoon. 
.SUN NIGHT...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt, increasing to 20 kt
after midnight. Seas 3 to 5 ft. 
.MON...SE winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. 
.MON NIGHT...SE winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft in SE swell. 
.TUE...SE to S winds 20 to 30 kt, shifting to S 15 to 20 kt in
the afternoon. Seas 8 to 11 ft in SE to S swell. 
.TUE NIGHT...SW winds 15 to 20 kt, shifting to N 10 to 15 kt
after midnight. Seas 8 to 11 ft in SE to S swell.