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FZNT25 KNHC 040753
OFFN04
NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI, FL
353 AM EDT SUN MAY 4 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 THE WESTERN
FLORIDA PANHANDLE TO NEAR VERACRUZ, MEXICO HAS SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS JUST AHEAD OF IT. GENTLE TO MODERATE
WINDS PREVAIL ACROSS THE BASIN, LOCALLY MODERATE TO FRESH NEAR
THE YUCATAN PENINSULA. THE FRONT WILL REACH FROM NORTHERN
FLORIDA TO NEAR WESTERN BAY OF CAMPECHE THIS EVENING, THEN STALL
AND WEAKEN FROM NEAR SARASOTA, FLORIDA TO THE CENTRAL GULF AT
27N90W MON MORNING. GENTLE TO MODERATE WINDS WILL DOMINATE THE
BASIN THROUGH EARLY MON, FRESH TO STRONG AT NIGHT NEAR THE
NORTHERN YUCATAN, INCREASING TO MODERATE TO FRESH OVER THE
WESTERN ZONES BY MON EVENING AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS OVER THE SE
UNITED STATES, THEN FRESH TO STRONG THERE MON NIGHT THROUGH
MID-WEEK. WINDS WILL PULSE AT MODERATE TO FRESH IN THE STRAITS
OF FLORIDA THROUGH MID-WEEK, AND BE GENTLE TO MODERATE IN THE NE
GULF THROUGHOUT THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. 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 NEAR THE SW GULF COAST.
TODAY
S TO SW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS.
CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS.
TONIGHT
N WINDS LESS THAN 5 KT, SHIFTING TO NE TO E LATE.
SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS.
MON
E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. CHANCE OF SHOWERS.
MON NIGHT
NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS.
ISOLATED SHOWERS.
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 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT.
WED NIGHT
E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT.
THU
SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT.
THU NIGHT
SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT.
WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA
SYNOPSIS
THE GRADIENT BETWEEN A TROUGH THAT EXTENDS NORTH OF
27N NEAR 55W AND HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE WESTERN ATLANTIC IS
ALLOWING FOR FRESH TO LOCALLY STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS AND
MODERATE SEAS NORTH OF 27N AND EAST OF 60W. THESE CONDITIONS
WILL GRADUALLY SHIFT WESTWARD GOING INTO THE EARLY PART OF THE
WEEK AS THE TROUGH DRIFTS WESTWARD. A WEAK COLD FRONT MAY
APPROACH THEN STALL NEAR THE SOUTHEASTERN U.S. COAST LATER TODAY
THROUGH MON, AND LIFT BACK NORTH AS WARM FRONT AROUND THE MIDDLE
OF THE WEEK. EXPECT SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WESTERN WATERS THROUGH THE REST OF THE
WEEKEND AND INTO THE EARLY PART OF THE WEEK.
TODAY
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.
TONIGHT
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 WINDS 5 TO 10 KT S OF 27N, AND S 10 TO 15 KT N OF 27N.
SEAS 2 FT OR LESS S OF 27N, AND 3 TO 5 FT N OF 27N.
SHOWERS LIKELY.
MON NIGHT
SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS S OF 27N,
AND 3 TO 4 FT N OF 27N.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND SLIGHT CHANCE OF TSTMS.
TUE
SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT.
TUE NIGHT
E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS
S OF 27N, AND 3 TO 4 FT N OF 27N.
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.
THU
SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT.
THU NIGHT
SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT.
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