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FZNT25 KNHC 172114
OFFN04
NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI, FL
414 PM EST MON FEB 17 2025
...PLEASE REFER TO COASTAL WATERS FORECASTS (CWF) AVAILABLE
THROUGH NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER MEANS FOR DETAILED
COASTAL WATERS FORECASTS...
SOUTHEAST GULF OF AMERICA
SYNOPSIS
A COLD FRONT EXTENDING FROM THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA
TO JUST NORTH OF THE NORTHWEST PART OF THE YUCATAN PENINSULA
WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH AWAY FROM THE AREA TONIGHT AS ITS WESTERN
PORTION STALLS. FRESH TO STRONG NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS
OFFSHORE OF VERACRUZ WILL DIMINISH EARLY THIS EVENING. A STRONG
COLD FRONT IS FORECAST TO MOVE INTO THE NW GULF WED. IT WILL
SWEEP ACROSS THE BASIN THROUGH THU NIGHT, WITH ITS WESTERN
PORTION ALSO STALLING. A TROUGH WILL DEVELOP FROM IT OVER THE
SOUTHWESTERN GULF ON FRI AND LINGER THROUGH SAT NIGHT WHILE
WEAKENING. NEAR GALE NORTH WINDS WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO GALE
FORCE WILL FOLLOW THE FRONT OVER THE NW GULF WED WHILE GALE
FORCE NORTH WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE WEST OF THE FRONT OFF
TAMPICO, MEXICO WED AND WED NIGHT AND OFF VERACRUZ, MEXICO WED
NIGHT THROUGH THU NIGHT. ELSEWHERE, FRESH TO STRONG WINDS ARE
EXPECTED THROUGH THE PERIOD, BECOMING MORE CONFINED TO THE
WATERS NORTH OF 22N AND WEST OF 90W FRI THROUGH SAT NIGHT.
TONIGHT
NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. ISOLATED SHOWERS.
TUE
NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. ISOLATED
SHOWERS.
TUE NIGHT
E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. ISOLATED
SHOWERS.
WED
SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. ISOLATED
SHOWERS.
WED NIGHT
S OF 24N, S TO SW WINDS 10 KT IN THE EVENING,
BECOMING VARIABLE LESS THAN 5 KT. N OF 24N, SW TO W WINDS 10 TO
15 KT, SHIFTING TO N LATE. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
THU
S OF 24N, VARIABLE WINDS LESS THAN 5 KT, BECOMING N TO NE
10 TO 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON, SEAS 3 FT OR LESS, BUILDING TO 2 TO
4 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. N OF 24N, N TO NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS
5 TO 7 FT.
THU NIGHT
NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT.
FRI
NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT.
FRI NIGHT
NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT.
SAT
E WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.
SAT NIGHT
E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT IN E
SWELL.
WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA
SYNOPSIS
A COLD FRONT EXTENDING FROM 31N68W TO THE NW BAHAMAS
AND TO THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA WILL REACH FROM NEAR 31N64W TO
26N70W TONIGHT, FROM NEAR 31N58W TO 29N65W EARLY TUE, THEN BECOME
STATIONARY AND WEAKEN FROM 29N55W TO 29N65W EARLY WED. FRESH TO
STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS AHEAD OF THE FRONT NORTH OF 29N WILL
DIMINISH LATE TONIGHT AS THE FRONT MOVES EASTWARD. ROUGH SEAS OVER
MUCH OF THE WATERS E OF 65W WILL PREVAIL THROUGH TONIGHT. FRESH
TO STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL DEVELOP OVER THE CENTRAL AND
NORTHEAST FLORIDA OFFSHORE WATERS EARLY WED AHEAD OF THE NEXT COLD
FRONT FORECAST TO COME OFF THE COAST WED AFTERNOON. THIS FRONT
WILL REACH FROM NEAR 31N76W TO STUART, FLORIDA WED NIGHT, FROM
NEAR 31N65W TO THE SOUTHEASTERN BAHAMAS AND EASTERN CUBA THU
NIGHT, FROM NEAR 29N55W TO THE WINDWARD PASSAGE FRI NIGHT AND
BEGIN TO WEAKEN AS IT REACHES FROM NEAR 26N55W TO 22N64W AND
STATIONARY TO THE WINDWARD PASSAGE SAT NIGHT. FRESH TO STRONG
WINDS ARE EXPECTED AHEAD AND BEHIND THIS SECOND FRONT NORTH OF
ABOUT 27N THROUGH FRI. STRONG HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD SAT AND SAT
NIGHT IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT. THE RESULTANT TIGHT GRADIENT WILL
BRING FRESH TO STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS WEST OF THE FRONT TO THE
STRAITS OF FLORIDA PRIMARILY SOUTH OF 25N BEGINNING FRI NIGHT.
TONIGHT
NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
TUE
NE TO E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT.
TUE NIGHT
E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
WED
SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N, AND SE 15 TO 20 KT N OF
27N. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS.
WED NIGHT
SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.
THU
NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.
THU NIGHT
N TO NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.
FRI
N TO NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.
FRI NIGHT
NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.
SAT
NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.
SAT NIGHT
E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.
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