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FZNT25 KNHC 201501
OFFN04
NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI, FL
1001 AM EST THU FEB 20 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
THE YUCATAN CHANNEL AND TO THE NORTHERN YUCATAN PENINSULA WILL
PUSH INTO THE NORTHWESTERN CARIBBEAN FRI. STRONG HIGH PRESSURE
BUILDING ACROSS THE REGION IN THE WAKE OF FRONT WILL BRING FRESH
TO STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS ACROSS THE SOUTHEASTERN GULF THROUGH
FRI NIGHT, EXCEPT CONTINUING IN THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA INTO
EARLY SAT. WEAK HIGH PRESSURE THEN BUILDS OVER THE REGION
ALLOWING FOR WINDS TO DIMINISH.
TODAY
N TO NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT IN NW TO N
SWELL.
TONIGHT
N TO NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 7 TO 11 FT IN N SWELL.
FRI
NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT IN N SWELL.
FRI NIGHT
NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT IN N TO NE
SWELL.
SAT
NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT.
SAT NIGHT
NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT IN E SWELL.
SUN
NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.
SUN NIGHT
NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.
MON
NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.
MON NIGHT
NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.
WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA
SYNOPSIS
A COLD FRONT EXTENDS FROM NEAR 31N72W SOUTHWESTWARD
TO THE NW BAHAMAS AND TO THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA THIS MORNING.
FRESH TO STRONG WINDS ARE PRESENTLY NORTH OF 26N AHEAD AND
BEHIND THE FRONT. THE FRONT WILL REACH FROM NEAR BERMUDA TO
CENTRAL CUBA EARLY FRI, FROM NEAR 31N57W TO 26N64W TO THE
WINDWARD PASSAGE EARLY FRI EVENING AND FROM NEAR 28N55W TO
HAITI EARLY SAT. THE FRONT WILL BEGIN TO SLOW DOWN AND WEAKEN
AS IT REACHES FROM NEAR 26N55W TO 24N60W, CONTINUING AS A
STATIONARY FRONT TO HAITI SAT NIGHT AND DISSIPATING SOON
AFTERWARD. ITS REMNANT TROUGH WILL DRIFT BACK WEST TOWARD THE
SOUTHEASTERN BAHAMAS THROUGH MON WHILE DISSIPATING. STRONG HIGH
PRESSURE IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT WILL LEAD TO FRESH TO STRONG
NORTHEAST WINDS SOUTH OF 25N, INCLUDING THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA
AND THE GREAT BAHAMA BANK, FRI NIGHT INTO SAT NIGHT. CONDITIONS
BEGIN TO IMPROVE BEGINNING SUN MORNING AND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK
AS A RATHER WEAK COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE WATERS NORTH OF
THE BAHAMAS.
TODAY
NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N, AND NW 15 TO 20 KT N OF
27N. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.
TONIGHT
N 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 5 TO 7 FT.
SAT
NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.
SAT NIGHT
E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
SUN
E TO SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4
SUN NIGHT
SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT.
MON
SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4
MON NIGHT
E TO SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT.
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