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FZNT27 KNHC 080732
OFFN06

NAVTEX Marine Forecast
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL
332 AM EDT Sun Sep 8 2024

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

.SYNOPSIS...A stationary front from just N of Tampa Bay near
29N83W to across the northern waters to weakening 1003 mb low
pres near 25N95W continues to the SW Gulf near 18.5N95W. Gale
force winds are forecast to persist W of the front in the
W-central and SW Gulf through at least Mon night with very large
and dangerous seas. Meanwhile, a broad 1003 mb low pres is near
19.5N93W with a tropical wave to the W near 94W. This system is
forecast to drift slowly NW during the next couple of days, with
a high chance of tropical cyclone formation. A tropical
depression is likely to form while the system moves generally
northward near or along the Gulf coast of Mexico and Texas
through the middle of the week. Interests along the western Gulf
Coast should closely monitor the progress of this system.
Regardless of development, expect increasing winds and seas over
much of the western Gulf through the at least mid-week. Mainly
gentle to moderate winds and slight to moderate seas will
prevail SE of the features.  

Northwest Gulf of Mexico

.TODAY...NE to E winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft.
Scattered showers and isolated tstms. 
.TONIGHT...NE to E winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft.
Scattered tstms. 
.MON...NE to E winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft.
Numerous showers and scattered tstms. 
.MON NIGHT...E winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.
Scattered showers and chance of tstms. 
.TUE...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. 
.TUE NIGHT...E winds 15 to 20 kt, becoming E to SE 25 to 30 kt
after midnight. Seas 5 to 7 ft. 
.WED...SE to S winds 25 to 30 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. 
.WED NIGHT...S winds 25 to 30 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft. 
.THU...SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft in SW to W swell. 
.THU NIGHT...SE to S winds 10 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.  

North Central and Northeast Gulf of Mexico

.TODAY...E to SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 ft.
Showers likely and scattered tstms. 
.TONIGHT...E winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less.
Scattered showers and isolated tstms. 
.MON...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less.
Scattered showers and isolated tstms. 
.MON NIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft.
Scattered showers and chance of tstms. 
.TUE...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. 
.TUE NIGHT...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. 
.WED...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. 
.WED NIGHT...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. 
.THU...S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. 
.THU NIGHT...SE to S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.