404  
FZNT25 KNHC 092124  
OFFN04  
 
NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST  
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI, FL  
424 PM EST SAT NOV 9 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  
TROPICAL STORM RAFAEL IS CENTERED NEAR 25.5N 91.7W  
AT 2100 UTC, OR 275 NM NNW OF PROGRESO MEXICO, MOVING WNW AT  
4 KT. ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1000 MB. MAXIMUM  
SUSTAINED WIND SPEED IS 45 KT WITH GUSTS TO 55 KT. SLOW AND  
STEADY WEAKENING IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT FEW DAYS. RAFAEL  
WILL MOVE SLOWLY TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST TO NORTHWEST THROUGH  
SUN MORNING, THEN TURN SOUTH-SOUTHWESTWARD AND TOWARD THE  
SOUTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. RAFAEL WILL  
MOVE TO NEAR 25.7N 91.9W AROUND MIDNIGHT TONIGHT, REACH NEAR  
26.0N 91.8W SUN AFTERNOON, WEAKEN TO A REMNANT LOW NEAR 25.7N  
91.4W AROUND MIDNIGHT SUN, THEN CONTINUE TO DRIFT SOUTHWESTWARD  
AND WEAKEN THROUGH WED. LOOKING AHEAD, MODERATE TO LOCALLY FRESH  
E WINDS WILL BUILD ACROSS MOST OF THE GULF ON WED, THEN WEAKEN  
WED NIGHT AND THU AS A NEW COLD FRONT MOVES INTO THE WESTERN  
BASIN.  
   
TONIGHT  
E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT.    
SUN  
E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT.    
SUN NIGHT  
E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.    
MON  
NE TO E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.    
MON NIGHT  
NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT.    
TUE  
NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT.    
TUE NIGHT  
NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT.    
WED  
NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.    
WED NIGHT  
E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.    
THU  
E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.    
THU NIGHT  
N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.  
 
WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA  
   
SYNOPSIS  
FRESH TO STRONG NE WINDS AND ROUGH SEAS OCCURRING  
ALONG AND TO THE WEST OF A TROUGH, LOCATED FROM THE WINDWARD  
PASSAGE TO 25N69W, WILL STRENGTHEN TONIGHT AS THE TROUGH DRIFTS  
W, AND HIGH PRESSURE BEHIND AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT BUILDS  
INTO THE AREA. THE TROUGH WILL MOVE WESTWARD ACROSS THE GREATER  
ANTILLES, TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS, THE SOUTHEASTERN BAHAMAS,  
AND EASTERN CUBA THROUGH MON BEFORE QUICKLY WEAKENING. A STRONG  
COLD FRONT IS MOVING SOUTHWARD INTO THE NORTHERN FORECAST WATERS  
THIS EVENING, AND WILL REACH 25N SUN MORNING, ALONG 20N MON  
MORNING, THEN WILL STALL AND BEGIN TO WEAKEN ALONG 19N MON  
AFTERNOON THROUGH TUE. EXPECT WIDESPREAD FRESH TO STRONG NE TO  
E WINDS AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS IN N SWELL NORTH BEHIND  
THE FRONT THROUGH EARLY MON BEFORE DIMINISHING EARLY NEXT WEEK.  
N SWELL WILL REACH THE NE CARIBBEAN MON MORNING AND THE  
TROPICAL ATLANTIC WATERS MON AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. ELSEWHERE,  
MODERATE TO LOCALLY FRESH E TRADES AND MODERATE TO ROUGH SEAS  
WILL OCCUR EAST OF THE WINDWARD ISLANDS THROUGH THE FORECAST  
PERIOD.  
   
TONIGHT  
NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT S OF 27N, AND E 20 TO 25 KT  
N OF 27N. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT.    
SUN  
NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT S OF 27N, AND E 20 TO 25 KT N OF  
27N. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT IN E SWELL.    
SUN NIGHT  
E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT S OF 27N, AND E TO SE 15 TO  
20 KT N OF 27N. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED  
TSTMS.    
MON  
SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS  
AND ISOLATED TSTMS.    
MON NIGHT  
E TO SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT IN E SWELL.   
TUE  
N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.    
TUE NIGHT  
NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.    
WED  
NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT.    
WED NIGHT  
NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT.    
THU  
E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT.    
THU NIGHT  
SE TO S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT IN NE TO E  
SWELL.  
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