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FZNT25 KNHC 050136
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NAVTEX Marine Forecast
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL
936 PM EDT Fri Oct 4 2024

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

Southeast Gulf of Mexico

.SYNOPSIS...Gusty winds and locally rough seas are active near
numerous showers and thunderstorms persisting over portions of
the SW Gulf, near a broad area of area of low pressure. This
pattern will maintain fresh to strong NW winds off the coast of
Veracruz through at least Sat. The low pressure may continue to
develop over the next several days, supporting moderate to fresh
winds across the northern Gulf through Sat night. Looking ahead,
the low pressure may develop further as moves eastward or
northeastward across the Gulf of Mexico, to the south of a
frontal boundary moving into the northern Gulf. The low may
develop into a tropical or subtropical depression or storm late
this weekend or early next week as it moves into the eastern
Gulf. Regardless of development, increasing winds and building
seas are forecast including behind the frontal boundary and near
the low with thunderstorms increasing in activity and
potentially impacting most of the basin.  

.OVERNIGHT...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt late. Seas 2 ft or less.
Scattered showers and isolated tstms. 
.SAT...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less.
Scattered showers and isolated tstms. 
.SAT NIGHT...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less.
Scattered showers and isolated tstms. 
.SUN...SE to S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less.
Numerous showers and scattered tstms. 
.SUN NIGHT...S winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 ft. 
.MON...S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. 
.MON NIGHT...SW to W winds 10 to 15 kt, shifting to SE to S late.
Seas 3 to 5 ft. 
.TUE...S winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft, building to 5 to 7 ft
in the afternoon. 
.TUE NIGHT...SE to S winds 20 to 25 kt, shifting to NE to E late.
Seas 6 to 8 ft. 
.WED...N winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. 
.WED NIGHT...N to NE winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft.  

Within 200 nm east of the coast of Florida

.SYNOPSIS...A cold front extends from 31N57W to 25N68W followed
by moderate to fresh winds. The front will gradually weaken
through the weekend as it sinks S. Meanwhile Major Hurricane
Kirk will remain E the region as it move into the north-central 
Atlantic through Sat night. Very large swells generated by Kirk 
will mix with swell following the front, producing rough seas over
the waters E of 75W into early next week. Looking ahead, winds 
and seas may increase off northeast Florida and north of the 
Bahamas Tue and Wed associated with a frontal moving into the 
region and developing low pressure over the Gulf of Mexico. 
Farther east, large NE swell may impact the waters southeast of 
Bermuda Tue and Wed, while swells associated with tropical cyclone
Leslie, forecast to remain E of the area, may impact the waters E
of 60W by mid-week.

.OVERNIGHT...NE to E winds 10 kt late. Seas 2 ft or less S of
27N, and 3 to 4 ft N of 27N.
Scattered showers and isolated tstms. 
.SAT...E 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. 
.SAT NIGHT...NE to E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less S of
27N, and 4 to 6 ft N of 27N.
Chance of showers and isolated tstms. 
.SUN...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less S of 27N, and
4 to 6 ft N of 27N. Scattered showers and isolated tstms. 
.SUN NIGHT...E winds 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less S of 27N, and
4 to 6 ft N of 27N. 
.MON...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less S of 27N, and
4 to 6 ft N of 27N. 
.MON NIGHT...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less S of 27N,
and 4 to 6 ft N of 27N. 
.TUE...SE to S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less S of 27N, and
4 to 6 ft N of 27N. 
.TUE NIGHT...SE to S winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 2 ft or less S of
27N, and 4 to 6 ft N of 27N. 
.WED...SE to S winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft S of 27N, and
5 to 7 ft N of 27N. 
.WED NIGHT...SE winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft S of 27N, and
6 to 9 ft N of 27N.