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FZNT25 KNHC 010849
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI, FL
449 AM EDT THU MAY 1 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
HIGH PRESSURE WILL BE THE MAIN FEATURE CONTROLLING
THE WEATHER PATTERN ACROSS THE GULF THROUGH LATE FRI. ITS
ASSOCIATED PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL MAINTAIN MODERATE TO FRESH
EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS OVER THE BASIN THROUGH SAT MORNING. EAST
WINDS WILL PULSE TO STRONG SPEEDS NORTH OF THE YUCATAN PENINSULA
AND OVER THE BAY OF CAMPECHE NIGHTLY THROUGH FRI IN ASSOCIATION
WITH A DIURNAL TROUGH. FRESH TO STRONG EAST WINDS ACROSS THE
STRAITS OF FLORIDA WILL DIMINISH TO MODERATE TO FRESH SPEEDS
THIS MORNING, CHANGE LITTLE THROUGH SAT NIGHT, THEN DIMINISH TO
LIGHT TO GENTLE SPEEDS INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. MODERATE SEAS IN
THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA WILL SUBSIDE TODAY. ELSEWHERE, WINDS WILL
DIMINISH FRI INTO SAT FOR MOST OF THE ZONES. LOOKING AHEAD, A
WEAK COLD FRONT MAY REACH THE NE GULF SAT NIGHT BEFORE SHIFTING
EAST OF THE BASIN SUN. HIGH PRESSURE WILL THEN BUILD SOUTHWARD
ACROSS THE GULF LEADING TO MOSTLY FRESH EASTERLY WINDS OVER MOST
OF THE FORECAST ZONES THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK.
TODAY
E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT, EXCEPT 20 TO 25 KT STRAITS OF
FLORIDA DIMINISHING TO 15 TO 20 KT IN THE MORNING. SEAS 4 TO 6
FT, EXCEPT 6 TO 8 FT STRAITS OF FLORIDA SUBSIDING TO 5 TO 7 FT IN
THE MORNING.
TONIGHT
E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. ISOLATED SHOWERS,
FRI
E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. ISOLATED
SHOWERS,
FRI NIGHT
E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
SAT
SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
SAT NIGHT
E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 24N, AND VARIABLE LESS THAN
5 KT N OF 24N. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT.
SUN
E WINDS 10 KT S OF 24N, AND VARIABLE LESS THAN 5 KT N OF
24N. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT.
SUN NIGHT
NE WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT.
MON
NE TO E WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT.
MON NIGHT
NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA
SYNOPSIS
A STATIONARY FRONT EXTENDING FROM 31N48W TO 28N56W
AND TO 24N60W WILL BEGIN TO WEAKEN BY THIS EVENING. WEAK LOW
PRESSURE OF 1013 MB IS SOUTHEAST OF THE FRONT NEAR 23N53W. A
TROUGH EXTENDS NORTHEASTWARD FROM THE LOW TO 27N52W AND TO 29N49W
WHILE ANOTHER TROUGH EXTENDS SOUTHWESTWARD FROM THE LOW TO 19N58W
TO VICINITY OF ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA AND INTO THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN
TO NEAR 15N68W. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE
SOUTH OF 22N EAST OF 69W. HIGH PRESSURE WEST OF THESE FEATURES
WILL REMAIN ABOUT STATIONARY THROUGH FRI, THEN BEGIN TO SHIFT
EASTWARD INTO THE WEEKEND. THE PRESSURE GRADIENT BETWEEN THE LOW
AND HIGH PRESSURE TO ITS NW WILL INDUCE FRESH NORTHEAST WINDS
NORTH OF 25N AND EAST OF 65W FROM FRI MORNING INTO THE WEEKEND.
THE LOW IS FORECAST TO SLOWLY LIFT NORTH-NORTHEASTWARD THROUGH FRI
NIGHT, THEN WEAKEN INTO A BROAD TROUGH ON SAT. LOOKING AHEAD, A
WEAK COLD FRONT WILL EMERGE OFF THE NORTHEAST FLORIDA COAST LATE
SAT NIGHT INTO SUN.
TODAY
E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT S OF 27N, AND E TO SE 10 TO 15 KT N OF
27N. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT S OF 27N, AND 3 TO 4 FT N OF 27N.
TONIGHT
E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT S OF 27N, AND E TO SE 10 TO 15 KT
N OF 27N. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT S OF 27N, AND 3 TO 4 FT N OF 27N.
FRI
E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
FRI NIGHT
E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT.
SAT
SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
SAT NIGHT
SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
SUN
S TO SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
SUN NIGHT
SE TO S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT IN E SWELL.
MON
SE TO S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.
MON NIGHT
SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.
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