675  
FZNT25 KNHC 180927  
OFFN04  
 
NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST  
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI, FL  
427 AM EST THU DEC 18 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
 
THE PRESSURE GRADIENT BETWEEN A RIDGE ACROSS THE  
WESTERN ATLANTIC AND A SURFACE TROUGH ACROSS THE E CENTRAL GULF  
WILL PRODUCE FRESH TO STRONG S TO SE WINDS TODAY ACROSS THE  
EASTERN GULF THAT WILL SHIFT NORTHWARD INTO THE FLORIDA BIG BEND  
LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND DIMINISH. OTHERWISE, WINDS ACROSS THE  
REST OF THE BASIN WILL VEER TO THE S AND SW TODAY AHEAD OF THE  
NEXT COLD FRONT, WHICH IS FORECAST TO MOVE INTO THE NW GULF THIS  
EVENING. THE FRONT WILL THEN REACH FROM THE FLORIDA BIG BEND TO  
NEAR BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS BY FRI MORNING, FROM SW FLORIDA TO NE  
MEXICO FRI EVENING, THEN BEGIN TO LIFT NORTHWARD AND DISSIPATE  
THROUGH SAT. HIGH PRESSURE WILL MOVE INTO THE NE GULF SAT  
AFTERNOON THROUGH SUN.  
   
TODAY
 
SE TO S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. SCATTERED  
SHOWERS.    
TONIGHT
 
S TO SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.    
FRI
 
NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT.    
FRI NIGHT
 
N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.    
SAT
 
NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT.    
SAT NIGHT
 
NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT.    
SUN
 
NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS.    
SUN NIGHT
 
NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.   
MON
 
NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.    
MON NIGHT
 
NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT.  
 
WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA  
   
SYNOPSIS
 
LOW PRESSURE OF 1014 MB HAS DEVELOPED NEAR  
27.5N60.5W WITH A WEAKENING COLD FRONT EXTENDING SOUTHWESTWARD  
THROUGH THE SE BAHAMAS. A 1026 MN BERMUDA HIGH IS NORTH OF THE  
AREA ALONG 69W AND IS PRODUCING FRESH TO STRONG NE TO E WINDS  
AND ROUGH SEAS NORTH AND NORTHWEST OF THE FRONT AND LOW. THE  
LOW PRESSURE IS EXPECTED TO BECOME BETTER ORGANIZED AND DEEPEN  
TODAY AS IT MOVES SLOWLY E-NE ACROSS THE FAR NE ZONES. THE NEXT  
COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE NW WATERS FRI AFTERNOON, REACH FROM  
NEAR BERMUDA TO THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA SAT MORNING, THEN STALL AND  
WEAKEN FROM 31N60W TO THE NW BAHAMAS SAT EVENING. ANOTHER COLD  
FRONT MAY MOVE INTO THE NW WATERS SUN NIGHT.  
   
TODAY
 
E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. SCATTERED  
SHOWERS.    
TONIGHT
 
SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N, AND SE TO S 20 TO 25 KT  
N OF 27N. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS.    
FRI
 
S OF 27N, S TO SW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT, SHIFTING TO W IN THE  
AFTERNOON. N OF 27N, SW TO W WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.    
FRI NIGHT
 
N TO NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT S OF 27N, AND N 10 TO 15 KT  
N OF 27N. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.    
SAT
 
NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.    
SAT NIGHT
 
E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.    
SUN
 
N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.    
SUN NIGHT
 
NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.   
MON
 
NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT.    
MON NIGHT
 
NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT IN NE TO  
E SWELL.  
 
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