452  
FZNT25 KNHC 201525  
OFFN04  
 
NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST  
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI, FL  
1025 AM EST FRI DEC 20 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
 
A COLD FRONT MOVING SLOWLY SOUTHWARD THROUGH THE  
SOUTHERN GULF OF MEXICO THIS MORNING WILL WEAKEN AND DISSIPATE  
ACROSS THE YUCATAN CHANNEL ON SAT. MODERATE TO LOCALLY FRESH N  
TO NE WINDS WILL PREVAIL ACROSS THE BASIN THROUGH TONIGHT. A  
REINFORCING COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTHEASTWARD THROUGH THE  
NORTHERN AND CENTRAL GULF TONIGHT THROUGH THIS WEEKEND. FRESH TO  
LOCALLY STRONG N WINDS ARE EXPECTED ALONG AND BEHIND THIS FRONT  
IN THE NORTHERN GULF LATE TONIGHT. MODERATE NE TO E WINDS ARE  
THEN EXPECTED THIS WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK AS THE FRONTS  
WEAKEN AND A BROAD RIDGE SHIFTS SLOWLY EASTWARD ACROSS THE  
EASTERN U.S. AND GULF BASIN.  
   
TODAY
 
N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT.    
TONIGHT
 
NW TO N WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.    
SAT
 
N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.    
SAT NIGHT
 
N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.    
SUN
 
NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 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
 
E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT.  
 
WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA  
   
SYNOPSIS
 
WIDESPREAD FRESH TO LOCALLY STRONG E TO SE WINDS  
OCCURRING NORTH OF 15N AND EAST OF THE BAHAMAS WILL SLOWLY  
DIMINISH THROUGH TONIGHT AS HIGH PRESSURE IN THE CENTRAL  
ATLANTIC WEAKENS AND DRIFTS EASTWARD. SEAS IN THIS AREA WILL  
SLOWLY SUBSIDE FROM NORTH TO SOUTH THROUGH EARLY SAT. A COLD  
FRONT EXTENDING FROM 31N74W THROUGH THE NW BAHAMAS AND INTO  
WESTERN CUBA WILL DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED TODAY, BEFORE  
REACHING FROM 31N68W TO CENTRAL CUBA BY SAT MORNING, THEN WEAKEN  
FROM 31N59W TO EAST-CENTRAL CUBA SUN MORNING. FRESH TO STRONG W  
TO NW WINDS AND ROUGH SEAS WILL OCCUR BEHIND THE FRONT N OF  
28N. LOOKING AHEAD, WIDESPREAD FRESH TO LOCALLY STRONG NE WINDS  
AND ROUGH SEAS WILL REDEVELOP ACROSS AREAS NORTH OF 20N SUN  
NIGHT THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK AS STRONG HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS  
ACROSS THE WESTERN ATLANTIC AND INTO THE LOCAL REGION BEHIND THE  
WEAKENING FRONT.  
   
TODAY
 
N WINDS 5 TO 10 KT S OF 27N, AND NW 15 TO 20 KT N OF  
27N. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.    
TONIGHT
 
NW TO N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N, AND NW 15 TO 20 KT  
N OF 27N. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.    
SAT
 
NW TO N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.    
SAT NIGHT
 
N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.    
SUN
 
N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.    
SUN NIGHT
 
NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.    
MON
 
NE TO 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 WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT.    
TUE NIGHT
 
E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.  
 
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