497  
FZNT25 KNHC 030757  
OFFN04  
 
NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST  
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI, FL  
357 AM EDT SAT MAY 3 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 RIDGE WILL CONTINUE TO DOMINATE THE GULF WATERS  
THROUGH THIS MORNING AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT ALONG THE TEXAS  
COAST, SUPPORTING MODERATE TO FRESH WINDS SOUTH OF 26N, AND  
GENTLE TO MODERATE WINDS ELSEWHERE. EAST WINDS WILL PULSE TO  
FRESH TO STRONG SPEEDS NORTH OF THE YUCATAN PENINSULA AND OVER  
THE BAY OF CAMPECHE AT NIGHT THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK IN  
ASSOCIATION WITH A DIURNAL TROUGH, WHILE MAINLY MODERATE TO  
LOCALLY FRESH E TO SE WINDS AND MODERATE SEAS ARE EXPECTED  
ACROSS THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA THROUGH WED. THE COLD FRONT WILL  
MOVE THROUGH THE NORTHERN GULF TODAY AND TONIGHT, SHIFTING EAST  
OF THE BASIN ON MON. HIGH PRESSURE WILL THEN BUILD SOUTHWARD  
ACROSS THE GULF LEADING TO MOSTLY MODERATE TO FRESH EASTERLY  
WINDS OVER MOST OF THE FORECAST ZONES EARLY NEXT WEEK, EXCEPT  
GENTLE TO MODERATE IN THE NE GULF, INCREASING TO FRESH TO STRONG  
OVER THE WESTERN GULF BY EARLY TUE AS THE PRESSURE GRADIENT  
TIGHTENS. ANOTHER WEAK FRONT MAY REACH THE NW GULF BY EARLY THU.  
   
TODAY  
SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT.    
TONIGHT  
SE TO S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS.  
CHANCE OF TSTMS.    
SUN  
S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. CHANCE OF TSTMS.    
SUN NIGHT  
NW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT, SHIFTING TO NE TO E LATE.  
SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. SHOWERS LIKELY AND CHANCE OF TSTMS.    
MON  
E TO SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS.    
MON NIGHT  
NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS.    
TUE  
E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS.    
TUE NIGHT  
E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT.    
WED  
SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT.    
WED NIGHT  
E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT.  
 
WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA  
   
SYNOPSIS  
A SURFACE TROUGH FROM 31N52W TO 26N55W SUPPORTS  
FRESH TO LOCALLY STRONG NE WINDS AND LOCALLY ROUGH SEAS NEAR AND  
JUST WEST OF THE AXIS DUE TO A TIGHT GRADIENT BETWEEN THE TROUGH  
AND HIGH PRESSURE WEST OF BERMUDA. SIMILAR MARINE CONDITIONS ARE  
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER THE NW PART OF THE TROUGH THROUGH AT  
LEAST EARLY NEXT WEEK AS IT DRIFTS WESTWARD GRADIENT BETWEEN THE  
TROUGH/LOW AND HIGH PRESSURE TO THE N. MEANWHILE A STATIONARY  
FRONT FROM 31N62W TO 30N66.5W TO 31N69.5W WILL DISSIPATE BY  
TONIGHT. LOOKING AHEAD, A WEAK COLD FRONT MAY APPROACH THEN STALL  
NEAR THE SOUTHEASTERN U.S. COAST SUN AND MON.  
   
TODAY  
SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. S OF 27N, SEAS 3 FT IN THE  
MORNING, SUBSIDING TO 2 FT OR LESS. N OF 27N, SEAS 3 TO 4 FT.    
TONIGHT  
E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N, AND SE TO S 15 TO  
20 KT N OF 27N. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS S OF 27N, AND 3 TO 5 FT N OF  
27N. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS.    
SUN  
SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N, AND S 15 TO 20 KT N OF 27N.  
SEAS 2 FT OR LESS S OF 27N, AND 3 TO 5 FT N OF 27N.  
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS.    
SUN NIGHT  
SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS S OF  
27N, AND 3 TO 5 FT N OF 27N.  
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS.    
MON  
SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS S OF 27N, AND  
3 TO 5 FT N OF 27N.    
MON NIGHT  
SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS S OF 27N,  
AND 3 TO 4 FT N OF 27N.    
TUE  
E TO SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT.    
TUE NIGHT  
E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT, SUBSIDING  
TO 2 FT OR LESS.    
WED  
E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS.    
WED NIGHT  
E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS.  
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