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FZNT27 KNHC 180226
OFFN06

NAVTEX Marine Forecast
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL
926 PM EST Sun Nov 17 2024

...Please refer to Coastal Waters Forecasts (CWF) available
through NOAA Weather Radio and other means for detailed
Coastal Waters Forecasts...

.SYNOPSIS...High pressure centered over the SE United States
dominates the basin with moderate to fresh E to SE return flow,
except fresh to strong from the Yucatan Channel and Peninsula to
the Texas coast which will persist through Mon. The next cold
front will move into the NW Gulf Mon night, reaching from SW
Louisiana to near Tamaulipas, Mexico early Tue, then from
Apalachee Bay to Tampico, Mexico early Wed. Reinforcing fresh to
strong northerly winds and large seas are forecast across the
basin Wed night as the front pushes SE of the basin behind the
front starting Wed. The front will push SE of the basin by early
Thu with conditions gradually improving through the end of the
week as high pressure builds in. Meanwhile, Tropical Depression
Sara is forecast to move from the Yucatan Peninsula to the
eastern Bay of Campeche overnight while transitioning to a
post-tropical cyclone before dissipating.

Northwest Gulf of Mexico

.TONIGHT...SE winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft in SE swell.
.MON...SE to S winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft in SE swell.
Scattered showers and isolated tstms.
.MON NIGHT...S winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft.
Scattered tstms.
.TUE...NW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft.
Scattered showers and isolated tstms.
.TUE NIGHT...NW to N winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.
.WED...N winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft.
.WED NIGHT...N to NE winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft.
.THU...N to NE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft.
.THU NIGHT...N winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.
.FRI...N winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft.
.FRI NIGHT...NE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft in the evening,
subsiding to 2 ft or less.

North Central and Northeast Gulf of Mexico

.TONIGHT...SE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft.
.MON...SE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft.
.MON NIGHT...SE winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft.
.TUE...SE to S winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. Numerous
showers and scattered tstms.
.TUE NIGHT...S to SW winds 15 to 20 kt, shifting to W after
midnight. Seas 6 to 8 ft.
.WED...NW to N winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft.
.WED NIGHT...N winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft in NW to N
swell.
.THU...N winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft in N swell.
.THU NIGHT...NW to N winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft.
.FRI...NW to N winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft.
.FRI NIGHT...NW to N winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.