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FZNT25 KNHC 032047
OFFN04
NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI, FL
447 PM 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 SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT EXTENDING FROM EASTERN
LOUISIANA SOUTHWESTWARD TO 28N94W AND TO INLAND NE MEXICO WILL
REACH FROM THE FLORIDA BIG BEND REGION TO THE CENTRAL GULF SUN,
THEN STALL FROM NORTH-CENTRAL FLORIDA TO THE EAST-CENTRAL GULF
SUN NIGHT AND WEAKEN INTO MON. A PRE-FRONTAL TROUGH STRETCHES
FROM SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA TO 28N93W. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRESENT EAST OF BOTH OF THESE FEATURES NORTH
OF 22N.OTHERWISE, MODERATE TO FRESH EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS ARE
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 THE
PERIOD IN ASSOCIATION WITH A DIURNAL TROUGH, WHILE MAINLY
MODERATE TO LOCALLY FRESH EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS AND MODERATE
SEAS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA THROUGH WED.
HIGH PRESSURE WILL THEN BUILD SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE GULF EARLY
NEXT WEEK 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 LATE WED NIGHT OR EARLY
THU. SMOKE FROM AGRICULTURAL FIRES IN SOUTHEASTERN MEXICO IS
CREATING HAZY CONDITIONS IN SOME SECTIONS OF THE WESTERN GULF,
WITH THE LOWEST REPORTED VISIBILITY IN THE SW GULF COAST.
TONIGHT
S OF 24N, E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. N OF 24N,
VARIABLE WINDS LESS THAN 5 KT, BECOMING SE 10 KT LATE. SEAS 2 TO 3
FT. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
SUN
SE WINDS 10 KT S OF 24N, AND VARIABLE LESS THAN 5 KT N OF
24N. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
SUN NIGHT
VARIABLE WINDS LESS THAN 5 KT, BECOMING E 10 KT
LATE. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
MON
E TO SE WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS.
MON NIGHT
E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
TUE
E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
TUE NIGHT
E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
WED
E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
WED NIGHT
E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
THU
SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
THU NIGHT
E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA
SYNOPSIS
THE GRADIENT BETWEEN A TROUGH THAT EXTENDS FROM
31N55W TO 25N54W AND HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE WESTERN ATLANTIC 5
ALLOWING FOR FRESH TO LOCALLY STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS AND
MODERATE SEAS WEST OF THE TROUGH TO NEAR 59W. THESE CONDITIONS
WILL GRADUALLY SHIFT WESTWARD GOING INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK AS THE
TROUGH DRIFTS WESTWARD. LOOKING AHEAD, A WEAK COLD FRONT MAY
APPROACH THEN STALL NEAR THE SOUTHEASTERN U.S. COAST SUN THROUGH
MON, AND LIFT BACK NORTH AS WARM FRONT AROUND THE MIDDLE OF NEXT
WEEK. EXPECT SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
OVER THE WESTERN WATERS THROUGH THE REST OF THE WEEKEND AND INTO
EARLY NEXT WEEK.
TONIGHT
E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N, AND SE TO S 15 TO
20 KT N OF 27N. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT S OF 27N ,AND 4 TO 6 FT N OF 27N.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS.
SUN
SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N, AND S 15 TO 20 KT N OF 27N.
SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS.
SUN NIGHT
SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS.
MON
SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
MON NIGHT
SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT.
TUE
E TO SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT.
TUE NIGHT
E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
WED
E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
WED NIGHT
E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
THU
E TO SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT.
THU NIGHT
SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT.
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