078  
FZNT25 KNHC 211531  
OFFN04  
 
NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST  
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI, FL  
1031 AM EST SAT DEC 21 2024  
 
...PLEASE REFER TO COASTAL WATERS FORECASTS (CWF) AVAILABLE  
THROUGH NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER MEANS FOR DETAILED  
COASTAL WATERS FORECASTS...  
 
SOUTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO  
   
SYNOPSIS  
FRESH N TO NE WINDS ARE EXPECTED THIS MORNING ACROSS  
THE NORTHERN GULF IN THE WAKE OF A DISSIPATED COLD FRONT MOVING  
SOUTHWARD THROUGH THE EASTERN GULF AND CENTRAL FLORIDA.  
OTHERWISE, EXPECT MODERATE N TO NE WINDS OVER THE REMAINDER OF  
THE GULF TODAY AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS MODESTLY INTO THE BASIN  
BEHIND A COLD FRONT MOVING INTO THE NORTHWESTERN CARIBBEAN. THIS  
HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED OVER THE CENTRAL UNITED STATES THIS  
MORNING EXTENDS SOUTHWARD INTO THE NW GULF, AND WILL DRIFT  
SLOWLY EASTWARD THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK, RESULTING IN  
MODERATE E TO SE WINDS LATE SUN INTO NEXT WEEK.  
   
TODAY  
N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 5 FT.    
TONIGHT  
N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.    
SUN  
N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.    
SUN NIGHT  
NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.    
MON  
NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.    
MON NIGHT  
NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.    
TUE  
NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.    
TUE NIGHT  
NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.    
WED  
E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT.    
WED NIGHT  
E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT.  
 
WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA  
   
SYNOPSIS  
A COLD FRONT EXTENDS FROM 31N68W TO THE CENTRAL  
BAHAMAS THIS MORNING, AND WILL PROGRESS SLOWLY EASTWARD THROUGH  
EARLY NEXT WEEK. FRESH NW WINDS AND BUILDING SEAS WILL OCCUR  
BEHIND THE FRONT NORTH OF 27.5N AND WEST OF 68W THROUGH MIDDAY.  
FARTHER EAST, A BROAD RIDGE WILL DRIFT EASTWARD, LEADING TO  
FRESH S TO SE WINDS ALONG THE PERIPHERY OF THE RIDGE, GENERALLY  
NORTH OF 20N AND EAST OF 65W THROUGH THIS EVENING. SOUTH OF 20N,  
MODERATE TO BRIEFLY FRESH TRADES WILL PREVAIL INTO THE MIDDLE  
OF NEXT WEEK. LOOKING AHEAD, WIDESPREAD FRESH TO LOCALLY STRONG  
NE WINDS AND ROUGH SEAS WILL REDEVELOP NORTH OF 20N BY EARLY  
MON AS STRONG HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS ACROSS THE WESTERN ATLANTIC  
AND INTO THE LOCAL REGION, BEHIND THE NEXT COLD FRONT.  
   
TODAY  
NW TO N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.    
TONIGHT  
N WINDS 5 TO 10 KT S OF 27N, AND N 10 TO 15 KT N OF  
27N. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.    
SUN  
N TO NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT S OF 27N, AND N TO NE 10 TO 15 KT  
N OF 27N. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.    
SUN NIGHT  
NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N, AND NE TO E  
15 TO 20 KT N OF 27N. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT.    
MON  
E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT.    
MON NIGHT  
E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT.    
TUE  
E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT.    
TUE NIGHT  
E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.    
WED  
E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.    
WED NIGHT  
E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.  
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